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One of the greatest American authors, Mark Twain holds a special
position not only as a distinctly American cultural icon but also
as a preeminent portrayer of youth. His famous writings about
children and youthful themes are central to both his work and his
popularity. The distinguished contributors to Mark Twain and Youth
make Twain even more accessible to modern readers by fully
exploring youth themes in both his life and his extensive writings.
The volume's twenty-six original essays offer new perspectives on
such important subjects as Twain's boyhood; his relationships with
his siblings and his own children; his attitudes toward aging,
gender roles, and slavery; the marketing, reception, teaching, and
adaptation of his works; and youth themes in his individual
novels--Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Adventures of Tom
Sawyer, The Prince and the Pauper, Pudd'nhead Wilson, and Joan of
Arc. The book also includes a revealing foreword by actor Hal
Holbrook, who has performed longer as "Mark Twain" than Samuel
Clemens himself did. The book includes contributions by: Lawrence
Berkove, John Bird, Jocelyn A. Chadwick, Joseph Csicsila, Hugh H.
Davis, Mark Dawidziak, Shelley Fisher Fishkin, James Golden, Alan
Gribben, Benjamin Griffin, Ronald Jenn, Holger Kersten, Andrew
Levy, Cindy Lovell, Karen Lystra, Debra Ann MacComb, Peter Messent,
Linda A. Morris, K. Patrick Ober, John R. Pascal, Lucy E. Rollin,
Barbara Schmidt, David E. E. Sloane, Henry Sweets, Wendelinus
Wurth.
A voracious pack-rat, Mark Twain hoarded his readers' letters as
did few of his contemporaries. Dear Mark Twain collects 200 of
these letters written by a diverse cross-section of correspondents
from around the world - children, farmers, schoolteachers,
businessmen, preachers, railroad clerks, inmates of mental
institutions, con artists, and even a former president. It is a
unique and groundbreaking book - the first published collection of
reader letters to any writer of Mark Twain's time. Its contents
afford a rare and exhilarating glimpse into the sensibilities of
nineteenth-century people while revealing the impact Samuel L.
Clemens had on his readers. Clemens' own and often startling
comments and replies are also included. R. Kent Rasmussen's
extensive research provides fascinating profiles of the
correspondents, whose personal stories are often as interesting as
their letters. Ranging from gushing fan appreciations and requests
for help and advice to suggestions for writing projects and
stinging criticisms, the letters are filled with perceptive
insights, pathos, and unintentional but often riotous humor. Many
are deeply moving, more than a few are hilarious, some may be
shocking, but none are dull.
Nineteenth-century America and the world of Samuel L. Clemens,
better known as Mark Twain, come to life as children journey back
in time with this history- and literature-laden activity book. The
comprehensive biographical information explores Mark Twain as a
multi-talented man of his times, from his childhood in the
rough-and-tumble West of Missouri to his many careers--steamboat
pilot, printer, miner, inventor, world traveler, businessman,
lecturer, newspaper reporter, and most important, author--and how
these experiences influenced his writing. Twain-inspired activities
include making printer's type, building a model paddlewheel boat,
unmasking a hoax, inventing new words, cooking cornpone, planning a
newspaper, observing people, and writing maxims. An extensive
resource section offers information on Twain's classics, such as
"Tom Sawyer" and "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," as well as a
listing of recommended web sites to explore.
"Africa for the Africans" was the name given to the extraordinary
movement led by Jamaican Marcus Mosiah Garvey (1887-1940). Volumes
I-VII of the "Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement
Association Papers "chronicled the Garvey movement that flourished
in the United States during the 1920s. Now, the long-awaited
African volumes of this edition demonstrate clearly the central
role Africans played in the development of the Garvey phenomenon.
The African volumes provide the first authoritative account of how
Africans transformed Garveyism into an African social movement. The
most extensive collection of documents ever gathered on the early
African nationalism of the interwar period, Volume X provides a
detailed chronicle of the spread of Garvey's call for African
redemption throughout Africa.
One of the greatest American authors, Mark Twain holds a special
position not only as a distinctly American cultural icon but also
as a preeminent portrayer of youth. His famous writings about
children and youthful themes are central to both his work and his
popularity. The distinguished contributors to Mark Twain and Youth
make Twain even more accessible to modern readers by fully
exploring youth themes in both his life and his extensive writings.
The volume's twenty-six original essays offer new perspectives on
such important subjects as Twain's boyhood; his relationships with
his siblings and his own children; his attitudes toward aging,
gender roles, and slavery; the marketing, reception, teaching, and
adaptation of his works; and youth themes in his individual
novels--Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Adventures of Tom
Sawyer, The Prince and the Pauper, Pudd'nhead Wilson, and Joan of
Arc. The book also includes a revealing foreword by actor Hal
Holbrook, who has performed longer as "Mark Twain" than Samuel
Clemens himself did. The book includes contributions by: Lawrence
Berkove, John Bird, Jocelyn A. Chadwick, Joseph Csicsila, Hugh H.
Davis, Mark Dawidziak, Shelley Fisher Fishkin, James Golden, Alan
Gribben, Benjamin Griffin, Ronald Jenn, Holger Kersten, Andrew
Levy, Cindy Lovell, Karen Lystra, Debra Ann MacComb, Peter Messent,
Linda A. Morris, K. Patrick Ober, John R. Pascal, Lucy E. Rollin,
Barbara Schmidt, David E. E. Sloane, Henry Sweets, Wendelinus
Wurth.
This first installment of the new multi-volume Mark Twain's
Literary Resources: A Reconstruction of His Library and Reading
recounts Dr. Alan Gribben's fascinating 45-year search for
surviving volumes from the large library assembled by Twain and his
family. That collection of more than 3,000 titles was dispersed
through impromptu donations and abrupt public auctions, but over
the years nearly a thousand volumes have been recovered. Gribben's
research also encompasses many hundreds of other books, stories,
essays, poems, songs, plays, operas, newspapers, and magazines with
which Mark Twain was demonstrably familiar. Gribben published the
original edition of Mark Twain's Library in 1980. Hailed by the
eminent Twain scholar Louis J. Budd as "a superb job that will last
for generations," the work nevertheless soon went out of print and
for three decades has been a hard-to-find item on the rare book
market. Meanwhile, over a distinguished career of writing,
teaching, and research on Twain, Gribben continued to annotate,
revise, and expand the content such that it has become his life's
masterwork. Thoroughly revised, enlarged, and retitled, Mark
Twain's Literary Resources: A Reconstruction of His Library and
Reading now reappears, to greatly expand our comprehension of the
incomparable author's reading tastes and influences. Volume I
traces Twain's extensive use of public libraries. It identifies
Twain's favorite works, but also reveals his strong
dislikes-Chapter 10 is devoted to his "Library of Literary
Hogwash," specimens of atrocious poetry and prose that he delighted
in ridiculing. In describing Twain's habit of annotating his
library books, Gribben reveals his methods of detecting forged
autographs and marginal notes that have fooled booksellers,
collectors, and libraries. The volume's 25 chapters trace from
various perspectives the patterns of Twain's voracious reading and
relate what he read to his own literary outpouring. A "Critical
Bibliography" evaluates the numerous scholarly books and articles
that have studied Twain's reading, and an index guides readers to
the volume's diverse subjects. Twain enjoyed cultivating a public
image as a largely unread natural talent; on occasion he even
denied being acquainted with titles that he had owned, inscribed,
and annotated in his own personal library. He convinced many
friends and interviewers that he had no appetite for fiction,
poetry, drama, or belles-lettres, yet Gribben reveals volumes of
evidence to the contrary. He examines this unlettered pose that
Twain affected and speculates about the reasons behind it. In
reality, whether Twain was memorizing the classic writings of
ancient Rome or the more contemporary works of Milton, Byron,
Shelley, Dickens, and Tennyson-or, for that matter, quoting from
the best-selling fiction and poetry of his day-he exhibited a
lifelong hunger to overcome the brevity of his formal education.
Several of Gribben's chapters explore the connections between
Twain's knowledge of authors such as Malory, Shakespeare, Poe, and
Browning, and his own literary works, group readings, and family
activities. Volumes II and III of Mark Twain's Literary Resources:
A Reconstruction of His Library and Reading will be released in
2019 and will deliver an "Annotated Catalog" arranged from A to Z,
documenting in detail the staggering scope of Twain's reading. -
book is one-of-a-kind, a monumental project, representing 45 years
of research - scholarship of the book is impeccable, by writer
internationally known in the Twain community - publisher has a
much-publicized association with Alan Gribben; in 2011 we released
the highly controversial NewSouth Edition of Huck Finn and Tom
Sawyer, edited by Dr. Gribben - Twain is among our more popular
19th-century American writers, and works about him are often of
literary interest
The creator of two of the most iconic characters in all of
literature, Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer, Mark Twain has long
been regarded as the quintessential American writer. Bloom's ""How
to Write about Mark Twain"" offers valuable paper-topic
suggestions, clearly outlined strategies on how to write a strong
essay, and an insightful introduction by Harold Bloom on writing
about Twain. This new volume is designed to help students develop
their analytical writing skills and critical comprehension of this
important author and his works.
Here are more than 1,800 quotations, organized from A-to-Z, from
America's consummate author--Mark Twain. A must-have for all Twain
collectors, "The Quotable Mark Twain" is filled with his opinions
about the people he knew, the places he's been, and the books he
wrote, as well as more far-ranging topics, such as writers,
billiards, smoking, his family, and more. The book also includes
150 illustrations taken from the original editions of Twain's
publications, source citations for each quotation, an annotated
bibliography, and a complete index.
Masterplots II: Short Story Series provides penetrating discussions
of the content, themes, structure and techniques of 1,490 stories
from every inhabited region in the world: North America, Africa,
Asia, West Indies, Latin America, Australia, New Zealand, Great
Britain, and other European countries. Each article begins with
birth and death dates, type and time of the plot, locale, principal
characters and first-publication information. A synopsis of the
story, critical discussion and analysis of the stylistic devices is
also included.
Mark Twain is without question one of America's favorite authors,
but few people fully appreciate that within this beloved writer's
memorable works is the subversive philosophy that "bad" people
often are happier and more successful than those who strive to be
"good". Mark Twain's Book for Bad Boys and Girls is the first-ever
compilation of Twain's wise and witty essays, sketches, and stories
on the joys and rewards of misbehavior. With themes including
"honesty is not always the best policy", "the wicked are not always
punished", and "virtue is often its only reward", this delightfully
mischievous book includes such incorrigible advice as: "If your
mother tells you to do a thing, it is wrong to reply that you
won't. It is better and more becoming to intimate that you will do
as she bids you, and then afterward act quietly in the manner
according to the dictates of your best judgment".
Cyclopedia of Literary Places contains articles from the titles
covered in Masterplots, Second Revised Edition (1996). Each article
provides standard top matter on an individual literary work,
followed by entries discussing important real and imaginary places
that figure into the work. Emphasis is not so much on the places
themselves, but on how they are used as literary devices within the
overall work. The titles covered in Cyclopedia of Literary Places
are selected from the 1,805 titles in Masterplots that best lend
themselves to discussion of place: virtually all the novels, most
of the plays, and a selection of volumes of poetry. Nonfiction
titles are not included.
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