On Mark TwainLouis J. Budd, Edwin Harrison Cady Duke University Press, 1987 - 303 pages From 1929 to the latest issue, American Literature has been the foremost journal expressing the findings of those who study our national literature. American Literature has published the best work of literary historians, critics, and bibliographers, ranging from the founders of discipline to the best current critics and researchers. The longevity of this excellence lends a special distinction to the articles in American Literature. Presented in order of their first appearance, the articles in each volume constitute a revealing record of developing insights and important shifts of critical emphasis. Each article has opened a fresh line of inquiry, established a fresh perspective on a familiar topic, or settled a question that engaged the interest of experts. |
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Contents
Mark Twains Indebtedness to John Phoenix 1941 | 15 |
Mark Twain as Translator from the German 1941 | 31 |
Landscape Conventions | 53 |
The Child as Goddess 1959 | 71 |
The Composition and Structure of Tom Sawyer 1961 | 91 |
The Sober Affirmation of Mark Twains Hadleyburg 1962 | 105 |
The Me and the Machine 1970 | 127 |
The Final Phase 1973 | 149 |
The Meaning of A Connecticut Yankee 1978 | 185 |
The Lonesomeness of Huckleberry Finn 1981 | 209 |
The Reprobate Elect in The Innocents Abroad 1982 | 223 |
The Victorian of Southwestern Humor 1982 | 241 |
How Mark Twain Survived Sam Clemens Reformation 1983 | 259 |
Mark Twain and the Endangered Family 1985 | 277 |
Index | 295 |
The Form | 171 |
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