The Oxford companion to Mark Twain /

The Oxford companion to Mark Twain / [print] Companion to MarK Twain Mark Twain editor, Gregg Camfield. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, (c)2003. - xxi, 767 pages, 8. pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm.



Censorship Critical reception The dream of domesticity Etiquette Performance Realism Mark Twain's reputation Technology Researching Mark Twain -- A bibliography of works by Samuel L. Clemens -- A chronology of Samuel Clemens's life, work, and times. Nat Hentoff -- David L. Smith -- Susan K. Harris -- Judith Martin -- Arthur Miller -- Frederik Pohl -- Louis J. Budd -- Bruce Michelson --

"Representing both original research and a synthesis of the most important scholarship of the past century, the Companion's three hundred vivid, stimulating essays create a compelling portrait of one of the most fascinating figures of English literature and American history." "In addition to the A-Z entries and essays, Gregg Camfield has included an appendix on Researching Mark Twain, outlining secondary reading available in the library and on the web, and the most comprehensive annotated bibliography of Twain's staggeringly prolific output ever published - covering over 1,700 novels, plays, poems, and newspaper articles." "Ideal for scholars of literature and history as well as general readers, the Companion is illustrated throughout, with dozens of early edition facsimile pages and illustrations from Twain's novels and an eight-page photo essay on the most memorable events of Twain's life. The Oxford Companion to Mark Twain is destined to become the definitive reference work for a generation of Twain lovers."--Jacket.



9780195107104

2002151880


Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 --Handbooks, manuals, etc.


Authors, American--19th century--Biography--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

PS1331.C182.O946 2003 PS1331