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PublisherHarperCollins

ISBN-100061735019

ISBN-139780061735011

eBay Product ID (ePID)78823061

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Book TitleWho Is Mark Twain?

Number of Pages256 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2010

TopicShort Stories (Single Author), American / General, Essays

GenreLiterary Criticism, Fiction, Literary Collections

AuthorMark Twain

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight5.7 Oz

Item Length8 in

Item Width6.1 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2010-001430

ReviewsMore than 100 years after [Twain] wrote these stories, they remain not only remarkably funny but remarkably modern..Ninety-nine years after his death, Twain still manages to get the last laugh., "Who Is Mark Twain? is a refreshing reintroduction to both [Twain's] critical analytical thought and his playful sense of humor." -- Los Angeles Times "Twain's wit and lethally precise powers of description are on full display." -- Maud Newton "More than 100 years after [Twain] wrote these stories, they remain not only remarkably funny but remarkably modern....Ninety-nine years after his death, Twain still manages to get the last laugh." -- Vanity Fair "[Twain] was, in the phrase of his friend William Dean Howells, 'the Lincoln of our literature'. . . . At the heart of his work lies that greatest of all American qualities: irreverence." -- Washington Post "As funny and insightful as any of [Twain's] published and well-known works, these essays take on the federal government, religion, race, fame, and even the literary canon with a sharp-eyed clarity we can chuckle over as we read while feeling uncomfortable knowing that they feel all too contemporary." -- Walter Mosley, [Twain] was, in the phrase of his friend William Dean Howells, 'the Lincoln of our literature'â€¦At the heart of his work lies that greatest of all American qualities: irreverence., [Twain] was, in the phrase of his friend William Dean Howells, 'the Lincoln of our literature'.At the heart of his work lies that greatest of all American qualities: irreverence., More than 100 years after [Twain] wrote these stories, they remain not only remarkably funny but remarkably modernâ€¦.Ninety-nine years after his death, Twain still manages to get the last laugh., As funny and insightful as any of [Twain's] published and well-known works, these essays take on the federal government, religion, race, fame, and even the literary canon with a sharp-eyed clarity we can chuckle over as we read while feeling uncomfortable knowing that they feel all too contemporary., Who Is Mark Twain? is a refreshing reintroduction to both [Twain's] critical analytical thought and his playful sense of humor.

Dewey Edition22

Dewey Decimal810

Synopsis" Twain] was, in the phrase of his friend William Dean Howells, 'the Lincoln of our literature'... At the heart of his work lies that greatest of all American qualities: irreverence." -- Washington Post "More than 100 years after Twain] wrote these stories, they remain not only remarkably funny but remarkably modern.... Ninety-nine years after his death, Twain still manages to get the last laugh." -- Vanity Fair Who Is Mark Twain? is a collection of twenty six wickedly funny, thought-provoking essays by Samuel Langhorne Clemens--aka Mark Twain--none of which have ever been published before, and all of which are completely contemporary, amazingly relevant, and gut-bustingly hilarious., "You had better shove this in the stove," Mark Twain said at the top of an 1865 letter to his brother, "for I don't want any absurd -literary remains' and -unpublished letters of Mark Twain' published after I am planted." He was joking, of course. But when Mark Twain died in 1910, he left behind the largest collection of personal papers created by any nineteenth-century American author. Who Is Mark Twain presents twenty-six wickedly funny, disarmingly relevant pieces by the American master--a man who was well ahead of his time., "You had better shove this in the stove," Mark Twain said at the top of an 1865 letter to his brother, "for I don't want any absurd 'literary remains' and 'unpublished letters of Mark Twain' published after I am planted." He was joking, of course. But when Mark Twain died in 1910, he left behind the largest collection of personal papers created by any nineteenth-century American author. Who Is Mark Twain presents twenty-six wickedly funny, disarmingly relevant pieces by the American master-a man who was well ahead of his time., "More than 100 years after [Twain] wrote these stories, they remain not only remarkably funny but remarkably modern. . . . Ninety-nine years after his death, Twain still manages to get the last laugh." -- Vanity Fair Who Is Mark Twain? is a collection of twenty six wickedly funny, thought-provoking essays by Samuel Langhorne Clemens--aka Mark Twain--none of which have ever been published before. "You had better shove this in the stove," Mark Twain said at the top of an 1865 letter to his brother, "for I don't want any absurd 'literary remains' and 'unpublished letters of Mark Twain' published after I am planted." He was joking, of course. But when Mark Twain died in 1910, he left behind the largest collection of personal papers created by any nineteenth-century American author. Who Is Mark Twain? presents twenty-six wickedly funny, disarmingly relevant pieces by the American master--a man who was well ahead of his time.

LC Classification NumberPS1331.A2 2010b