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Pudd´nhead Wilson and those Extraordinary Twins (1894)
Mark Twain
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Description for Pudd´nhead Wilson and those Extraordinary Twins (1894)
Paperback. The two narratives published together in The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson and the Comedy of Those Extraordinary Twins are overflowing with spectacular events. Twain shows us conjoined twins, babies exchanged in the cradle, acts of cross-dressing and racial masquerade, duels, a lynching, and a murder mystery. Editor(s): Hsu, Hsuan L. Series: Broadview Editions. Num Pages: 275 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 525.
The two narratives published together in The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson and the Comedy of Those Extraordinary Twins are overflowing with spectacular events. Twain shows us conjoined twins, babies exchanged in the cradle, acts of cross-dressing and racial masquerade, duels, a lynching, and a murder mystery. Pudd'nhead Wilson tells the story of babies, one of mixed race and the other white, exchanged in their cradles, while Those Extraordinary Twins is a farcical tale of conjoined twins. Although the stories were long viewed as flawed narratives, their very incongruities offer a fascinating portrait of key issues-race, disability, and immigration-facing the United ... Read more
The two narratives published together in The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson and the Comedy of Those Extraordinary Twins are overflowing with spectacular events. Twain shows us conjoined twins, babies exchanged in the cradle, acts of cross-dressing and racial masquerade, duels, a lynching, and a murder mystery. Pudd'nhead Wilson tells the story of babies, one of mixed race and the other white, exchanged in their cradles, while Those Extraordinary Twins is a farcical tale of conjoined twins. Although the stories were long viewed as flawed narratives, their very incongruities offer a fascinating portrait of key issues-race, disability, and immigration-facing the United ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Broadview Editions
Condition
New
Number of Pages
275
Place of Publication
Peterborough, Canada
ISBN
9781554812660
SKU
V9781554812660
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About Mark Twain
Mark Twain is the pen name of Samuel L. Clemens (1835-1910), an American author and humorist. He is perhaps best known for his novels The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Hsuan L. Hsu is Associate Professor of English at the University of California, Davis, USA. He is the editor of the Broadview ... Read more
Reviews for Pudd´nhead Wilson and those Extraordinary Twins (1894)
Hsuan Hsu's fine edition of Pudd'nhead Wilson and Those Extraordinary Twins charts the complex interplay between formal innovation and historical analysis central to understanding Mark Twain's purposively flawed tale. Hsu offers a comprehensive introduction, situating the novel within Twain's career and the broader concerns of racial segregation and violence, citizenship, and embodiment facing the US in the final decade of ... Read more