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A Companion to Mark Twain

Peter Messent (Editor), Louis J. Budd (Editor)
ISBN: 978-1-4051-2379-2
Hardcover
592 pages
January 2006, Wiley-Blackwell
List Price: US $249.50
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  • One of the most broad-ranging volumes to appear on Mark Twain in recent years.

  • Brings together respected Twain critics and a number of younger scholars in the field to provide an overview of this central figure in American literature.

  • Places special emphasis on the ways in which Twain’s works remain both relevant and important for a twenty-first century audience.

  • Approaches Twain through six subject headings covering his background, his writings, and his place in American literary history.

  • A concluding essay evaluates the changing landscape of Twain criticism.

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