{"product_id":"mark-twain-isbn-9780631234746","title":"Mark Twain","description":"This book introduces Mark Twain through close readings of his seven major works, including Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn, Connecticut Yankee and Pudd’nhead Wilson. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli style=\"list-style: none\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIntroduces Mark Twain through close readings of his seven major works, including Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn, Connecticut Yankee and Pudd’nhead Wilson.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eInvestigates the tension between the real-life person, Samuel Clemens, and the fictional person, Mark Twain.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides an original reading of Twain’s obsession with performance and popularity.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAnalyses the significance of Twain’s books for American culture and identity.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIllustrated with images from first editions of Twain’s works.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA short appendix directs readers to the author’s award-winning website on ‘Mark Twain in his Times’.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e  List of Figures. \u003cp\u003ePreface.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Going East: \u003ci\u003eInnocents Abroad.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Going West: \u003ci\u003eRoughing It.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Going Home: \u003ci\u003eTom Sawyer.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Running Away: \u003ci\u003eAdventures of Huckleberry Finn.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Lost in Time: \u003ci\u003eA Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Cour.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Looking for Refuge – \u003ci\u003ePudd’nhead Wilson\u003c\/i\u003e and “Hadleyburg”.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix: Mark Twain in His Times: An Electronic Archive.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003ci\u003e\"\u003c\/i\u003eA concise, yet amazingly rich, informative, well-researched, and readable introduction to Mark Twain's major works, from \u003ci\u003eInnocents Abroad\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003ePudd'nhead Wilson\u003c\/i\u003e. In his fresh and helpful interpretations Stephen Railton, developer of the popular website ‘Mark Twain in His Times,’ provides relevant biographical and historical backgrounds and incorporates a broad spectrum of criticism.\" \u003ci\u003eWerner Sollors, Harvard University\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Stephen Railton offers a highly readable and crisply argued discussion of Samuel Clemens' literary persona Mark Twain as public performance and of the relationship Clemens nurtured and continues to nurture with his readers...A most useful primer in the social and aesthetic impact of Mark Twain's art.\" \u003ci\u003eMichael J. Kiskis, Elmira College\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Even though Mark Twain (as Samuel Clemens) did die, Railton's book by its very existence proves that Mark Twain still lives, in his works, the legacy of his life, nearly ninety-four years after his physical demise. Mark Twain is dead. Long live Mark Twain!\" \u003ci\u003eMark Twain Forum\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eStephen Railton\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of English at the University of Virginia. His previous books include \u003ci\u003eFenimore Cooper: A Study of his Imagination\u003c\/i\u003e (1978) and \u003ci\u003eAuthorship and Audience: Literary Performance in the American Renaissance \u003c\/i\u003e(1991). He is the creator of two major websites on \u003ci\u003eUncle Tom’s Cabin \u0026amp; American\u003c\/i\u003e Culture and \u003ci\u003eMark Twain in His Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e Emphasizing Mark Twain’s ambitions and achievements as a writer, this introduction features close readings of his seven major works, including \u003ci\u003eTom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn, Connecticut Yankee \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003ePudd’nhead Wilson\u003c\/i\u003e. It locates these texts in the larger contexts of Samuel Clemens’ life and of late nineteenth-century American culture, investigating what the fictional persona of Mark Twain meant to the real-life person, Samuel Clemens, and what Twain’s books meant to contemporary Americans. The book provides both a general introduction to Twain’s major texts and an original reading of his obsession with performance and personality. It is illustrated with images from early editions of Twain’s works. A short appendix directs readers to the author’s award-winning website, “Mark Twain in his Times,” where they can explore the texts and issues analyzed in the book further.","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989573452005,"sku":"NP9780631234746","price":31.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780631234746.jpg?v=1761784652","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/mark-twain-isbn-9780631234746","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}