歴史的マーク・トウェイン便覧 A Historical Guide to Mark Twain (Historical Guides to American Authors)

Fishkin, Shelley Fisher

Oxford University Press Inc（2002/11発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 316 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780195132939
• DDC分類 818.409

基本説明

Addresses a wide range of topics relevant to Mark Twain's work including religion, commerce, race, gender, social class, and imperialism. This volume also contains an introduction, a brief biography, a bibliographic esssay, and an illustrated chronology of the author's.

Full Description

Mark Twain (born Samuel Clements), a former printer's apprentice, journalist, steamboat pilot, lapsed Confederate soldier and miner, remains to this day one of the most enduring and beloved of America's great writers. Beyond his works themselves, the details of Mark Twain's life - his dry sense of humour, his penchant for the absurd, his investments, and his rejection of racism - all contribute to his stature as an American icon. Combining cultural criticism with historical scholarship, A Historical Guide to Mark Twain addresses a wide range of topics relevant to Mark Twain's work, including religion, commerce, race, gender, social class, and imperialism. This volume also contains and introduction, a brief biography, a bibliographic essay, and an illustrated chronology of the author's life and times.

Contents

Introduction ; 1. Capsule Biography ; 2. "A Moralist in Disguise:" Mark Twain and American Religion ; 3. A Republican Artisan in the Court of King Capital: Mark Twain and Commerce ; 4. Mark Twain and Race ; 5. Mark Twain and Gender ; 6. Mark Twain and Social Class ; 7. Mark Twain and Imperialism ; Illustrated Chronology ; Bibliographical Essay