Lighting out for the territory [electronic resource] : reflections on Mark Twain and American culture / Shelley Fisher Fishkin

Author:: Fishkin, Shelley Fisher
Published:: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1998.
Physical Description:: 1 online resource (264 pages) : illustrations, facsimiles, portraits

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Summary:

Twain scholar Shelley Fisher Fishkin blends personal narrative with reflections on history, literature, and popular culture, to provide a provocative look at who Mark Twain really was, how he got to be that way, and what we do with his legacy today.

Subject(s):

Twain, Mark, 1835-1910—Criticism and interpretation
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910—Influence
Literature and society—United States—History—19th century
National characteristics, American, in literature
Humorous stories, American—History and criticism
Authors, American—19th century—Biography
United States—In literature

ISBN:

9780199855162 (ebook)

Note:

Originally published: 1996.

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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