TY - BOOK AU - Robinson,Forrest G. TI - The Cambridge companion to Mark Twain SN - 9780521445931 (pbk.) AV - PS 1338 C178 1995 U1 - 818/.409 PY - 1995/// CY - Cambridge [England], New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Twain, Mark, KW - Twain, Mark, KW - Humorous stories, American KW - History and criticism KW - Historias humorísticas N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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 N2 - "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 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/cam026/94024658.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/cam025/94024658.html ER -