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Mark Twain's audience : a critical analysis of reader responses to the writings of Mark Twain / / Robert McParland



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Autore: McParland Robert Visualizza persona
Titolo: Mark Twain's audience : a critical analysis of reader responses to the writings of Mark Twain / / Robert McParland Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Lanham : , : Lexington Books, , [2014]
©2014
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (239 p.)
Disciplina: 818/.409
Soggetto topico: Books and reading - United States - History
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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.
Sommario/riassunto: <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>
Titolo autorizzato: Mark Twain's audience  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-4985-0428-0
0-7391-9052-0
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910463283603321
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