Dear Mark Twain [[electronic resource] ] : letters from his readers / / edited by R. Kent Rasmussen |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (315 p.) |
Disciplina | 818/.409 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
RasmussenR. Kent
TwainMark <1835-1910.> |
Collana | Jumping frogs : undiscovered, rediscovered, and celebrated writings of Mark Twain |
Soggetto topico |
Authors, American - 19th century
Authors and readers - United States Humorists, American - 19th century |
Soggetto non controllato |
american literature
biography celebrated writings correspondents deeply moving engaging epistolary extensive research fan mail fascinating profiles feel good great writers heartfelt historical history jumping frogs letters and correspondence life lessons lively mark twain pathos pen pals perceptive insights personal stories published collection reader letters riotous humor samuel l clemens startling comments uplifting stories |
ISBN | 0-520-95516-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Note on Texts -- 1861-1870 -- 1871-1880 -- 1881-1890 -- 1891-1900 -- 1901-1910 -- Note on Sources -- Acknowledgments -- Index of Correspondents' Locations -- Index of Mark Twain Characters and Works -- General Subject Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786228503321 |
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Mark Twain's correspondence with Henry Huttleston Rogers, 1893-1909 / / edited with an introduction by Lewis Leary |
Autore | Twain Mark <1835-1910.> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 1969 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xvii, 768 pages) : illustrations, facsimiles, portraits |
Disciplina | 817/.4 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
RogersHenry Huttleston <1840-1909.>
LearyLewis <1906-1990.> |
Collana | Mark Twain papers |
Soggetto topico | LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General |
Soggetto non controllato |
american authors
american literature author autobiography bankruptcy billiards biography business man business career classics correspondence epistolary famous author financial disaster friendship gender hh rogers humor letters literary celebrity literary criticism literary figures male friendship mark twain masculinity memoir pen pals poker prizefights publisher publishing samuel clemens satire speaking tour sports wealth yacht |
ISBN | 0-520-90506-7 |
Classificazione | HT 4702 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Editor's Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- INTRODUCTION -- I. "FUSSING WITH BUSINESS" (December 1893-February 1895) -- II. "As LONG AS THE PROMISE MUST BE MADE" (March 1895- August 1896) -- III. "OUR UNSPEAKABLE DISASTER" (August 1896-July 1897) -- IV. "You AND I ARE A TEAM" (July 1897-May 1899) -- V. "THIS EVERLASTING EXILE" (June 1899-August 1900) -- VI. "THIS ODIOUS SWINDLE" (October 1900-June 1904) -- VII. "NOTHING AGREES WITH ME" (July 1904-March 1908) -- VIII. "I WISH HENRY ROGERS WOULD COME HERE" (June 1908- May 1909) -- Afterword -- APPENDIXES -- A Calendar of Letters -- Biographical Directory -- GENEALOGICAL CHARTS -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778067303321 |
Twain Mark <1835-1910.>
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Romance on a global stage [[electronic resource] ] : pen pals, virtual ethnography, and "mail-order" marriages / / Nicole Constable |
Autore | Constable Nicole |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2003 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (295 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.84/5 |
Soggetto topico |
Intercountry marriage - United States
Marriage brokerage - United States Mail order brides - United States Asians - United States International correspondence - Social aspects |
Soggetto non controllato |
american men
asian women chinese women cultural perspective eastern european women email order spouses ethnographers fieldwork filipinas globalization internet ethnography internet latin american women life partners long distance dating love and romance mail order marriages matching up matchmaking migration misconceptions nonfiction online courtship pen pals stereotypes transnational marriage virtual ethnography western men |
ISBN |
9786612359729
0-520-93722-8 1-282-35972-X 1-59734-877-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Making introductions -- Ethnography in imagined virtual communities -- Feminism and myths of "mail-order" marriages -- Fairy tales, family values, and the global politics of romance -- Political economy and cultural logics of desire -- Women's agency and the gendered geography of marriage -- Tales of waiting : history, immigration, and the state -- Conclusion : marriage, migration, and transnational families. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782933303321 |
Constable Nicole
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