TY  - BOOK
AU  - Emerson,Everett H.
TI  - Mark Twain: a literary life 
SN  - 0812235169 (alk. paper)
AV  - PS 1331 T969E 2000
U1  - 818/.409 
PY  - 2000///
CY  - Philadelphia
PB  - University of Pennsylvania Press
KW  - Twain, Mark, 
KW  - Humorists, American
KW  - 19th century
KW  - Biography
KW  - Humoristas estadounidenses
KW  - Siglo XIX
KW  - Biografías
KW  - Authors, American
KW  - Autores estadounidenses
KW  - Journalists
KW  - United States
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-369) and index; Mark Twain assembled
Journalist and lecturer
Turning point
Fumbling, success, uncertainty
Contracts, inspirations, obligations
A new voice
Retirement thwarted
Searching
The house burns down
Second harvest
The humorist as philosopher
Still writing till the end
Afterword: Whys and wherefores
N2  - "In Mark Twain, a Literary Life, Everett Emerson, author of The Authentic Mark Twain, revisits one of America's greatest and most popular writers. Building upon that earlier work, he explores the relationship between the life of the writer and his writings. The assumption throughout is that to see Mark Twain's writings in focus, one must give proper attention to their biographical context." "In reporting the author's life, Emerson has endeavored to permit Mark Twain to tell his own story as much as possible, through the use of letters and autobiographical writings, some previously unpublished. These glimpses into the life of the writer will be of interest to all who have an abiding affection for Samuel Clemens and his extraordinary legacy."--Jacket
ER  -