Mark Twain : a literary life / Everett Emerson.

By:

Emerson, Everett H, 1925-2002

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2000.Description: xiii, 386 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmISBN:

0812235169 (alk. paper)
9780812235166

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

818/.409

LOC classification:

PS 1331 T969E 2000

Contents:

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

Summary: "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to tell his own story as much as possible, through the use of letters and autobiographical writings, some previously unpublished.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

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Barcode
Libro	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Humanidades	Humanidades (4to. Piso)	PS 1331 T969E 2000 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available	00000120134

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

"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

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