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Mark Twain, Unsanctified Newspaper Reporter (Mark Twain and His Circle Series)
James E. Caron
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Description for Mark Twain, Unsanctified Newspaper Reporter (Mark Twain and His Circle Series)
Hardcover. Before Mark Twain became a national celebrity with his "The Innocents Abroad", he was just another struggling writer perfecting his craft. Plumbing Mark Twain's cultural significance, this title compares the performative aspects of Samuel Clemens' early work to the role of ritual clowns in traditional societies. Series: Mark Twain and His Circle Series. Num Pages: 504 pages, illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGL; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 37. Weight in Grams: 857.
Before Mark Twain became a national celebrity with his best-selling ""The Innocents Abroad"", he was just another struggling writer perfecting his craft - but already ""playin' hell"" with the world. In the first book in more than fifty years to examine the initial phase of Samuel Clemens' writing career, James Caron draws on contemporary scholarship and his own careful readings to offer a fresh and comprehensive perspective on those early years - and to challenge many long-standing views of Mark Twain's place in the tradition of American humor.Tracing the arc of Clemens' career from self-described ""unsanctified newspaper reporter"" to national ... Read more
Before Mark Twain became a national celebrity with his best-selling ""The Innocents Abroad"", he was just another struggling writer perfecting his craft - but already ""playin' hell"" with the world. In the first book in more than fifty years to examine the initial phase of Samuel Clemens' writing career, James Caron draws on contemporary scholarship and his own careful readings to offer a fresh and comprehensive perspective on those early years - and to challenge many long-standing views of Mark Twain's place in the tradition of American humor.Tracing the arc of Clemens' career from self-described ""unsanctified newspaper reporter"" to national ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Missouri
Condition
New
Series
Mark Twain and His Circle Series.
Number of Pages
504
Place of Publication
Missouri, United States
ISBN
9780826218025
SKU
V9780826218025
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About James E. Caron
James E. Caron is Associate Professor of English at the University of Hawaii and coeditor of Sut Lovingood's Nat'ral Born Yarnspinner: Essays on George Washington Harris.
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