| Description |
xix, 186 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Essays presented at the Eighth Alabama Symposium on English and American Literature, Oct. 15-17, 1981, University of Alabama. |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 158-177. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
[1.] America mythologizes Twain: Collecting the works of Mark Twain / John C. Gerber -- "Norman Rockwell sentimentality": the Rockwell illustrations for Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn / Allison R. Ensor -- [2.] Twain mythologizes Twain: Autobiography as property: Mark Twain and his legend / Alan Gribben -- Mark twain, "funniest man in the world" / Henry Nash Smith -- A "talent for posturing": the achievement of Mark Twain's public personality / Louis J. Budd -- Life on the Mississippi revisited / James M. Cox -- [3.] Twain mythologizes America and the universe: Mark Twain and the myth of the West / Harold H. Kolb, Jr. -- Mark Twain and the myth of the daring jest / Stanley Brodwin. |
| Subject |
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Criticism and interpretation -- Congresses.
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Humorous stories, American -- History and criticism -- Congresses.
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| Added Author |
Davis, Sara deSaussure, 1943-
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Beidler, Philip D.
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Gerber, John C.
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Alabama Symposium on English and American Literature (8th : 1981 : University of Alabama)
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| ISBN |
0817302018 paperback |
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0817301992 |
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