Autobiography of Mark Twain . Volume 1 [[electronic resource] /] / editor: Harriet Elinor Smith ; associate editors: Benjamin Griffin, Victor Fischer, Michael B. Frank, Sharon K. Goetz, Leslie Myrick

• Autore: Twain Mark <1835-1910.>
• Pubblicazione: Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (775 p.)
• Disciplina: 818/.4/0924
• Soggetto topico: Authors, American - 19th century
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: SmithHarriet Elinor GriffinBenjamin <1968-> FischerVictor FrankMichael B GoetzSharon K MyrickLeslie Diane
• Note generali: "A publication of the Mark Twain Project of the Bancroft Library."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Manuscripts and Dictations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Preliminary Manuscripts and Dictations, 1870-1905 -- Autobiography Of Mark Twain -- Explanatory Notes -- Appendixes -- Note On The Text -- Word Division in This Volume -- References -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: "I've struck it!" Mark Twain wrote in a 1904 letter to a friend. "And I will give it away-to you. You will never know how much enjoyment you have lost until you get to dictating your autobiography." Thus, after dozens of false starts and hundreds of pages, Twain embarked on his "Final (and Right) Plan" for telling the story of his life. His innovative notion-to "talk only about the thing which interests you for the moment"-meant that his thoughts could range freely. The strict instruction that many of these texts remain unpublished for 100 years meant that when they came out, he would be "dead, and unaware, and indifferent," and that he was therefore free to speak his "whole frank mind." The year 2010 marks the 100th anniversary of Twain's death. In celebration of this important milestone and in honor of the cherished tradition of publishing Mark Twain's works, UC Press is proud to offer for the first time Mark Twain's uncensored autobiography in its entirety and exactly as he left it. This major literary event brings to readers, admirers, and scholars the first of three volumes and presents Mark Twain's authentic and unsuppressed voice, brimming with humor, ideas, and opinions, and speaking clearly from the grave as he intended. Editors: Harriet E. Smith, Benjamin Griffin, Victor Fischer, Michael B. Frank, Sharon K. Goetz, Leslie Myrick
• Titolo autorizzato: Autobiography of Mark Twain
• ISBN: 1-282-75441-6; 9786612754418; 0-520-94699-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910459184903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Mark Twain Papers