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Mark Twain under Fire - Reception and Reputation, Criticism and Controversy, 1851-2015 (Paperback)
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Mark Twain under Fire - Reception and Reputation, Criticism and Controversy, 1851-2015 (Paperback)
Series: Literary Criticism in Perspective
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Tracks the genesis and evolution of Twain's reputation as a writer,
revealing how and why the writer has been "under fire" since the
advent of his career. Threatened by a rival editor brandishing a
double-barreled shotgun, young Samuel Clemens had his first taste
of literary criticism. Clemens began his long writing career
penning satirical articles for his brother's newspaper in Hannibal,
Missouri. His humor delighted everyone except his targets, and it
would not be the last time his writing provoked threats of
"dissection, tomahawking, libel, and getting his head shot off."
Clemens adopted the name Mark Twain while living in the Nevada
Territory, where his caustic comedy led to angry confrontations, a
challenge to a duel, and a subsequent flight. Nursing his wounded
ego in California, Twain vowed to develop a reputation that
would"stand fire" and in the process became the classic American
writer. Mark Twain under Fire tracks the genesis and evolution of
Twain's reputation as a writer: his reception as a humorist, his
"return fire" on genteel critics, and the development of academic
criticism. As a history of Twain criticism, the book draws on
English and foreign-language scholarship. Fulton discusses the
forces and ideas that have influenced criticism, revealinghow and
why Mark Twain has been "under fire" from the advent of his career
to the present day, when his masterpiece Huckleberry Finn remains
one of America's most frequently banned books. Joe B. Fulton is
Professor of English at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. He has
published four previous books on Mark Twain.
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