First-Class Fool

Mark Twain and Humor, Featuring the Collection of Susan Jaffe Tane

Inbunden, Engelska, 2025

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Beskrivning

A fascinating collection of essays brings the founding father of American humor—Mark Twain—to life through the rich visual context of his time: books, documents, and ephemera.A First-Class Fool examines Samuel Clemens's emergence as a humorist and how "Mark Twain" continues to influence humor to this day. The story is richly illustrated with numerous books, manuscripts, art, photographs, and other rare materials from Susan Jaffe Tane’s private Mark Twain collection, including many heretofore unpublished pieces.Contributors include John Bird, Julie Carlsen, James Caron, Mark Dawidziak, Kerry Driscoll, Gabriel Mckee, Kevin Mac Donnell, and Susan Jaffe Tane.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2025-03-25
Mått:203 x 267 x 30 mm
Vikt:1 306 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:256
Förlag:Grolier Club of New York
ISBN:9781605831107

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Susan Jaffe Tane is a curator and collector of Edgar Allan Poe books, manuscripts, and artifacts, as well as a former vice president of Utensco.

Innehållsförteckning

Prefaceby Susan Jaffe Tane / Introductionby Susan Jaffe Tane, Julie Carlsen, Gabriel Mckee / Introduction to the Essaysby Kevin Mac Donnell / “Jim Smiley’s Jumping Frog” and Mark Twain’s Leap to Fameby Joe B. Fulton / Mark Twain’s Literature for Younger Readersby John Bird / Mark Twain’s Audiences and Voicesby David E. E. Sloane / Mark Twain’s Journalism by Benjamin Griffin / “Yrs Truly, SLC”: Mark Twain’s Lettersby Barbara E. Snedecor / Twain on Stage: Lectures and Speechesby Mark Dawidziak / Mark Twain Abroad: Travel Writingby Alan Gribben / Mark Twain Commodifiedby Judith Yaross Lee / The Western Experienceby James E. Caron / Twain’s Autobiography and Other Nonfictionby R. Kent Rasmussen / Mark Twain Influenced; Mark Twain, Influencerby Kevin Mac Donnell / Our Wild Indians: A Writer’s Sourcebookby Kerry Driscoll / Banning, Editing, and Censoring Huckleberry Finnby Nichole Misako Nomura / Mark Twain at Playby Gabriel Mckee / What’s in a Name?: Samuel Clemens and Mark Twainby Julie CarlsenWorks Cited / Humorous Highlights from the Mark Twain Collection of Susan Jaffe Tane / About the Essayists / Photography Credits / Index /