The Robinson, Forrest G. (Forrest Glen) 1940- editor text bibliography enk Cambridge [England] New York Cambridge University Press 1995 monographic eng xix, 258 pages ; 23 cm. "A collaborative project assembled by scholars who have played crucial roles in the recent explosion of Twain criticism, The Cambridge Companion to Mark Twain offers new and thought-provoking essays on an author of enduring preeminence in the American canon. Accessible enough to interest both experienced specialists and students new to Twain criticism, the essays examine Twain from a wide variety of critical perspectives and include timely reflections by major critics on the hotly debated dynamics of race and slavery perceptible throughout his writing." "The volume includes a chronology of Twain's life and a list of suggestions for further reading, to provide the student or general reader with sources for background as well as additional information."--Jacket Mark Twain as an American icon / Louis J. Budd The innocent at large: Mark Twain's travel writing / Forrest G. Robinson Mark Twain and women / Shelley Fisher Fishkin Mark Twain's Civil War: humor's reconstructive writing / Neil Schmitz Banned in Concord: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and classic American literature / Myra Jehlen Black critics and Mark Twain / David Lionel Smith Mr. Clemens and Jim Crow: Twain, race, and blackface / Eric Lott Speech acts and social action: Mark Twain and the politics of literary performance / Evan Carton How the boss played the game: Twain's critique of imperialism in A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's court / John Carlos Rowe Mark Twain's travels in the racial occult: Following the equator and the Dream tales / Susan Gillman Mark Twain's theology: the gods of a brevet Presbyterian / Stanley Brodwin edited by Forrest G. Robinson. Includes bibliographical references and index. Twain, Mark 1835-1910 Criticism and interpretation Twain, Mark 1835-1910 Crítica e interpretación Humorous stories, American History and criticism Historias humorísticas PS 1338 C178 1995 818/.409 9780521445931 (pbk.) 0521445930 (pbk.) 94024658 http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/cam026/94024658.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/cam025/94024658.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/cam026/94024658.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/cam025/94024658.html DLC 940825 20250701134439.0 653109 eng