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Product Identifiers
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan The Limited
ISBN-101874166765
ISBN-139781874166764
eBay Product ID (ePID)2448232
Product Key Features
Number of Pages158 Pages
Publication NameMark Twain-Tom Sawyer/Huckleberry Finn
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1998
SubjectAmerican / General
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaLiterary Criticism
AuthorStuart Hutchinson
SeriesReaders' Guides to Essential Criticism Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight16 Oz
Item Length1 in
Item Width1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
Series Volume Number61
Number of Volumes1 vol.
IllustratedYes
Table Of ContentIntroduction: Mark Twain's Life and Work The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876): The Contemporary Reviews Tom Sawyer : Twentieth Century Criticism The Adventires of Huckleberry Finn (1884085): Dates of Composition and Contemporary Reviews Huckleberry Finn : The Response of Creative Writers Huckleberry Finn : Twentieth Century Critical Response Critical Works Cited Notes Select Bibliography Acknowledgements Index.
SynopsisIn this Readers' Guide, Stuart Hutchinson analyses the most significant writings on Twain's great works. Moving from a discussion of the novels' early reception, the Guide explores late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century criticism by T.S. Eliot, Van Wyck Brooks, Bernard De Voto, Booker T. Washington and Ralph Ellison. In its final section, the book provides students with important material on the contemporary debates on race and gender in the novels, so that new perspectives on Twain's place in American literature may be fully understood., In this readers' guide, Stuart Hutchinson analyses the most significant writings on Twain's great works. Moving from a discussion of the novels' early reception, the guide explores late 19th and early 20th century criticism by T.S. Eliot, Van Wyck Brooks, Bernard De Voto, Booker T. Washington and Ralph Ellison. In its final section, the book provides students with important material on the contemporary debates on race and gender in the novels, so that new perspectives on Twain's place in American literature may be fully understood.