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Autore |
Twain Mark <1835-1910.> |
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Titolo |
Mark Twain [[electronic resource] ] : the complete interviews / / edited by Gary Scharnhorst |
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Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2006 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (736 p.) |
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Collana |
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Studies in American literary realism and naturalism |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Authors, American - 19th century |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Introduction; Abbreviations; 1. The Growth of Mark Twain's Early Reputation, 1871-1884: Interviews 1-20; 2. The "Twins of Genius" Tour, 1884-1885 : Interviews 21-39; 3. The Best and Worst of Times, 1886-1895 : Interviews 40-59; 4. Across North America, 1895 : Interviews 60-81; 5. Across Australia, Asia, and Africa, 1895-1896 : Interviews 82-120; 6. "Ambassador at Large" and Man of Letters, 1897-1901 : Interviews 121-151; 7. Last Visit to Missouri, 1902 : Interviews 152-170; 8. At Large, 1902-1906 : Interviews 171-195; 9. "Dean of Humorists," 1906-1907 : Interviews 196-220 |
10. Visit to Oxford, 1907 : Interviews 221-23511. The Long Goodbye, 1907-1910 : Interviews 236-258; Appendix; Index |
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The great writer's irascible wit shines in this comprehensive collection. This volume is an annotated and indexed scholarly edition of every known interview with Mark Twain spanning his entire career. In these interviews, Twain discusses such topical issues as his lecture style, his writings, and his bankruptcy, while holding forth on such timeless issues as human nature, politics, war and peace, government corruption, humor, race relations, imperialism, international copyright, the elite, and his impressions of other writers (Howells, Gorky, George Bernard Shaw, T |
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