Mark Twain in the St. Louis Post-dispatch, 1874-1891
Mark Twain in the St. Louis Post-dispatch, 1874-1891

Author: Jim McWilliams

Publisher:

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 318

ISBN-13:

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"A rich source of secondary and primary materials, this contains accounts by local reporters and correspondents, and some exchanges from other papers. There are interviews, with MT's mother Jane Clemens (1885) and his pilot mentor Horace Bixby (1882, 1887), and one with MT in May 1889 which may differ slightly from the one in Budd's 1977 listing. A pleasure to read, this will be a valuable addition to MT collections in all libraries."MARK TWAIN JOURNAL

Mark Twain in the Margins
Mark Twain in the Margins

Author: Joe B. Fulton

Publisher: University of Alabama Press

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 0817354735

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By redefining Twain's aesthetic, Fulton reinvigorates current debates about what constitutes literary realism."--Jacket.

A Historical Guide to Mark Twain
A Historical Guide to Mark Twain

Author: Shelley Fisher Fishkin

Publisher: Historical Guides to American Authors

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 330

ISBN-13: 9780195132939

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Mark Twain is still one of the most enduring and beloved of America's great writers. In this guide to Twain, his life and times and the historical context in which he operated Shelley Fisher Fishkin assembles original essays by leading scholars that describe and define the man.

A Companion to Mark Twain
A Companion to Mark Twain

Author: Peter Messent

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2015-08-17

Total Pages: 597

ISBN-13: 1119045398

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This broad-ranging companion brings together respected American and European critics and a number of up-and-coming scholars to provide an overview of Twain, his background, his writings, and his place in American literary history. One of the most broad-ranging volumes to appear on Mark Twain in recent years Brings together respected Twain critics and a number of younger scholars in the field to provide an overview of this central figure in American literature Places special emphasis on the ways in which Twain's works remain both relevant and important for a twenty-first century audience A concluding essay evaluates the changing landscape of Twain criticism

Mark Twain and the Spiritual Crisis of His Age
Mark Twain and the Spiritual Crisis of His Age

Author: Harold K. Bush

Publisher: University of Alabama Press

Published: 2007-01-07

Total Pages: 354

ISBN-13: 0817315381

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Mark Twain is often pictured as a severe critic of religious piety, shaking his fist at God and mocking the devout. This book highlights Twain's attractions to and engagements with the variety of religious phenomena of America in his lifetime. It offers a more complicated understanding of Twain and his literary output.

The Life of Mark Twain
The Life of Mark Twain

Author: Gary Scharnhorst

Publisher: University of Missouri Press

Published: 2019-05-30

Total Pages: 779

ISBN-13: 0826274307

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Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2020 The second volume of Gary Scharnhorst’s three-volume biography chronicles the life of Samuel Langhorne Clemens between his move with his family from Buffalo to Elmira (and then Hartford) in spring 1871 and their departure from Hartford for Europe in mid-1891. During this time he wrote and published some of his best-known works, including Roughing It, The Gilded Age, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, A Tramp Abroad, The Prince and the Pauper, Life on the Mississippi,Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court. Significant events include his trips to England (1872–73) and Bermuda (1877); the controversy over his Whittier Birthday Speech in December 1877; his 1878–79 Wanderjahr on the continent; his 1882 tour of the Mississippi valley; his 1884–85 reading tour with George Washington Cable; his relationships with his publishers (Elisha Bliss, James R. Osgood, Andrew Chatto, and Charles L. Webster); the death of his son, Langdon, and the births and childhoods of his daughters Susy, Clara, and Jean; as well as the several lawsuits and personal feuds in which he was involved. During these years, too, Clemens expressed his views on racial and gender equality and turned to political mugwumpery; supported the presidential campaigns of Grover Cleveland; advocated for labor rights, international copyright, and revolution in Russia; founded his own publishing firm; and befriended former president Ulysses S. Grant, supervising the publication of Grant’s Memoirs. The Life of Mark Twain is the first multi-volume biography of Samuel Clemens to appear in more than a century and has already been hailed as the definitive Twain biography.

Critical Companion to Mark Twain
Critical Companion to Mark Twain

Author: R. Kent Rasmussen

Publisher: Infobase Publishing

Published: 2014-05-14

Total Pages: 1159

ISBN-13: 1438108524

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Praise for the previous edition:RASD/ALA "Outstanding Reference Source, 1996""'Essential' is the word for it!

John Calvin's American Legacy
John Calvin's American Legacy

Author: Thomas Davis

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2010-03-29

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 0199741727

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Though his influence on American society has often been forgotten or misunderstood, John Calvin played a formative role in the traditions of almost every sector of American life. This wide-ranging study, comprising twelve essays, shows for the first time the extraordinary extent to which Calvinist thoughts and practices are woven into the fabric of American society, theology, and letters, from the colonial period to the twenty-first century. John Calvin's American Legacy examines the economics of the Colonial period, Calvin's effect on American identity, and the evidence for Calvin's influence on American democracy. The book next addresses Calvin's critical role in American theology, inspecting the relationship between Jonathan Edwards's and Calvin's church practices, the diverse views on the Calvinist theological tradition in the nineteenth century, the ways in which Calvin was understood in the historiography of Williston Walker and Perry Miller, and Calvin's influence on twentieth-century theologies. Finally, the book explores Calvinism's influence on American literature, examining the work of such writers as Samson Occom, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Max Weber, Mark Twain, John Updike, and Marilynne Robinson. This important book is the first to introduces readers to the breadth and depth of Calvin's influence along the spectrum of American thought and society, from the 18th century to modern times.

Encyclopedia of American Journalism
Encyclopedia of American Journalism

Author: Stephen L. Vaughn

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2007-12-11

Total Pages: 1446

ISBN-13: 1135880190

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The Encyclopedia of American Journalism explores the distinctions found in print media, radio, television, and the internet. This work seeks to document the role of these different forms of journalism in the formation of America's understanding and reaction to political campaigns, war, peace, protest, slavery, consumer rights, civil rights, immigration, unionism, feminism, environmentalism, globalization, and more. This work also explores the intersections between journalism and other phenomena in American Society, such as law, crime, business, and consumption. The evolution of journalism's ethical standards is discussed, as well as the important libel and defamation trials that have influenced journalistic practice, its legal protection, and legal responsibilities. Topics covered include: Associations and Organizations; Historical Overview and Practice; Individuals; Journalism in American History; Laws, Acts, and Legislation; Print, Broadcast, Newsgroups, and Corporations; Technologies.