02305nam 2200553 450 991078782350332120200520144314.01-4985-0428-00-7391-9052-0(CKB)2670000000569814(EBL)1809655(SSID)ssj0001347849(PQKBManifestationID)12483300(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001347849(PQKBWorkID)11363661(PQKB)10094029(MiAaPQ)EBC1809655(Au-PeEL)EBL1809655(CaPaEBR)ebr10987870(CaONFJC)MIL648296(OCoLC)892430146(EXLCZ)99267000000056981420140707h20142014 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMark Twain's audience a critical analysis of reader responses to the writings of Mark Twain /Robert McParlandLanham :Lexington Books,[2014]©20141 online resource (239 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7391-9051-2 1-322-17039-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.America's Mark Twain -- The Innocents abroad and the American reader -- Marketing Mark Twain -- The trouble that began at eight: audiences for Twain's lectures -- Childhood reading -- Reading in cultural institutions -- The variety of readers: gender, race, ethnicity -- The global audience -- Mark Twain's audience and his afterlife.<span><span>The unique contribution of this book is the focus upon the testimony of Twain's audience as a unique "reading community"-how his fiction intersected with their real lives, how he impacted American publishing, literacy, and educational reform, and how Americans loved the theatricality and humor that Twain brought to their lives. </span></span>Books and readingUnited StatesHistoryBooks and readingHistory.818/.409McParland Robert1479795MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910787823503321Mark Twain's audience3829640UNINA