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24 produkter
Mark Twain and Male Friendship
The Twichell, Howells, and Rogers Friendships
Inbunden, 2009
1598 kr
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Combining biography, literary history, and gender studies, Mark Twain and Male Friendship examines three profoundly influential and vastly different friendships in the life of the author of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. With accessible prose informed by extensive research, the study begins by …
Mark Twain and Male Friendship
The Twichell, Howells, and Rogers Friendships
E-bok, 2009
394 kr
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This book explores male friendship in America in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries through Mark Twain and the relationships he had with William Dean Howells, Joseph Twichell, and Henry H. Rogers.
Mark Twain and Male Friendship
The Twichell, Howells, and Rogers Friendships
E-bok, 2009
394 kr
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This book explores male friendship in America in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries through Mark Twain and the relationships he had with William Dean Howells, Joseph Twichell, and Henry H. Rogers.
Mark Twain and Male Friendship
The Twichell, Howells, and Rogers Friendships
Häftad, 2013
579 kr
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Biographies of America's greatest humorist abound, but none have charted the overall influence of the key male friendships that profoundly informed his life and work. Combining biography, literary history, and gender studies, Mark Twain and Male Friendship presents a welcome new perspective as it …
Mark Twain
Häftad, 1997
645 kr
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This book provides an overview of Mark Twain's work and a close critical analysis of the forms and themes of his major texts. The author uses recent cultural and literary theory to re-examine Twain's travel writing and fiction, writing in a jargon-free and accessible manner. He focuses on Twain's …
Crime Fiction Handbook
Häftad, 2012
347 kr
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The Crime Fiction Handbook presents a comprehensive introduction to the origins, development, and cultural significance of the crime fiction genre, focusing mainly on American British, and Scandinavian texts. Provides an accessible and well-written introduction to the genre of crime fictionMoves …
The Cambridge Introduction to Mark Twain
Häftad, 2007
504 kr
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Mark Twain is a central figure in nineteenth-century American literature, and his novels are among the best-known and most often studied texts in the field. This clear and incisive Introduction provides a biography of the author and situates his works in the historical and cultural context of his …
The Cambridge Introduction to Mark Twain
Inbunden, 2007
1520 kr
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Mark Twain is a central figure in nineteenth-century American literature, and his novels are among the best-known and most often studied texts in the field. This clear and incisive Introduction provides a biography of the author and situates his works in the historical and cultural context of his …
Criminal Proceedings
The Contemporary American Crime Novel
Av Peter Messent, Peter Messent
Häftad, 1997
410 kr
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Criminal Proceedings offers a comprehensive view of some of the most important developments in crime fiction. The contributors explore the significant new directions which the genre has recently taken and examine their importance in terms of American cultural self-definition as they tap into …
Civil War Letters of Joseph Hopkins Twichell
A Chaplain's Story
Av Joseph Hopkins Twichell, Peter Messent m. fl.
Häftad, 2012
664 kr
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In 1861 young Joseph Twichell cut short his seminary studies to become a Union Army chaplain in New York's Excelsior Brigade. A middle-class New England Protestant, Twichell served for three years in a regiment manned mostly by poor Irish American Catholics. This selection of Twichell's letters to …
Civil War Letters of Joseph Hopkins Twichell
A Chaplain's Story
Av Joseph Hopkins Twichell, Peter Messent m. fl.
E-bok, 2012
632 kr
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In 1861 young Joseph Twichell cut short his seminary studies to become a Union Army chaplain in New York's Excelsior Brigade. A middle-class New England Protestant, Twichell served for three years in a regiment manned mostly by poor Irish American Catholics. This selection of Twichell's letters to …
Letters of Mark Twain and Joseph Hopkins Twichell
Av Harold K. Bush, Steve Courtney m. fl.
E-bok, 2017
794 kr
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This book contains the complete texts of all known correspondence between Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain) and Joseph Hopkins Twichell. Theirs was a rich exchange. The long, deep friendship of Clemens and Twichell—a Congregationalist minister of Hartford, Connecticut—rarely fails to surprise, given …
Letters of Mark Twain and Joseph Hopkins Twichell
Av Harold K. Bush, Steve Courtney m. fl.
Inbunden, 2017
941 kr
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This book contains the complete texts of all known correspondence between Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain) and Joseph Hopkins Twichell. Theirs was a rich exchange. The long, deep friendship of Clemens and Twichell—a Congregationalist minister of Hartford, Connecticut—rarely fails to surprise, given …
Letters of Mark Twain and Joseph Hopkins Twichell
Av Harold K. Bush, Steve Courtney m. fl.
Häftad, 2020
472 kr
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This book contains the complete texts of all known correspondence between Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain) and Joseph Hopkins Twichell. Theirs was a rich exchange. The long, deep friendship of Clemens and Twichell—a Congregationalist minister of Hartford, Connecticut—rarely fails to surprise, given …
Letters of Mark Twain and Joseph Hopkins Twichell
Av Peter Messent, Steve Courtney m. fl.
E-bok, 2017
762 kr
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This book contains the complete texts of all known correspondence between Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain) and Joseph Hopkins Twichell. Theirs was a rich exchange. The long, deep friendship of Clemens and Twichell—a Congregationalist minister of Hartford, Connecticut—rarely fails to surprise, given …
Civil War Letters of Joseph Hopkins Twichell
A Chaplain's Story
Av Joseph Hopkins Twichell, Steve Courtney m. fl.
E-bok, 2012
632 kr
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In 1861 young Joseph Twichell cut short his seminary studies to become a Union Army chaplain in New York's Excelsior Brigade. A middle-class New England Protestant, Twichell served for three years in a regiment manned mostly by poor Irish American Catholics. This selection of Twichell's letters to …
Crime Fiction Handbook
E-bok, 2012
1576 kr
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The Crime Fiction Handbook presents a comprehensive introduction to the origins, development, and cultural significance of the crime fiction genre, focusing mainly on American British, and Scandinavian texts. Provides an accessible and well-written introduction to the genre of crime fiction Moves …
Crime Fiction Handbook
E-bok, 2012
393 kr
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The Crime Fiction Handbook presents a comprehensive introduction to the origins, development, and cultural significance of the crime fiction genre, focusing mainly on American British, and Scandinavian texts. Provides an accessible and well-written introduction to the genre of crime fiction Moves …
Companion to Mark Twain
Av Peter Messent, Louis J. Budd
Häftad, 2015
638 kr
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This broad-ranging companion brings together respected American and European critics and a number of up-and-coming scholars to provide an overview of Twain, his background, his writings, and his place in American literary history. One of the most broad-ranging volumes to appear on Mark Twain in …
Companion to Mark Twain
Av Louis J. Budd, Peter Messent
E-bok, 2015
730 kr
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This broad-ranging companion brings together respected American and European critics and a number of up-and-coming scholars to provide an overview of Twain, his background, his writings, and his place in American literary history. One of the most broad-ranging volumes to appear on Mark Twain in …
Mark Twain
E-bok, 2016
699 kr
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This book provides an overview of Mark Twain''s work and a close critical analysis of the forms and themes of his major texts. The author uses recent cultural and literary theory to re-examine Twain''s travel writing and fiction, writing in a jargon-free and accessible manner. He focuses on …
Companion to Mark Twain
Av Peter Messent, Louis J. Budd
Inbunden, 2005
2828 kr
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This broad-ranging companion brings together respected American and European critics and a number of up-and-coming scholars to provide an overview of Twain, his background, his writings, and his place in American literary history. One of the most broad-ranging volumes to appear on Mark Twain in …
Companion to Mark Twain
Av Louis J. Budd, Peter Messent
E-bok, 2008
3316 kr
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This broad-ranging companion brings together respected American and European critics and a number of up-and-coming scholars to provide an overview of Twain, his background, his writings, and his place in American literary history. One of the most broad-ranging volumes to appear on Mark Twain in …
New Readings of the American Novel
Narrative Theory and its Application
Häftad, 1998
456 kr
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Eight perennially popular novels appear regularly on American Literature courses. In this new edition of his acclaimed book, the author applies important theoretical approaches, including Genette, Barthes, Bakhtin and Reader Response criticism, to these key novels. Ideal for students new to …
