Mark Twain and the Novel

The Double-Cross of Authority
Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-0-521-10762-4
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, Band 116, 280 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 459 g

Reihe: Cambridge Studies in American Literature and Culture

Mark Twain was an author both drawn to and suspicious of authority, and his novels reflect this tension. Marked by disruptions, repetitions and contradictions, they exemplify the ideological stand-off between the American ideal of individual freedom and the reality of social control. This book provides a fresh look at Twain's major novels such as Life on the Mississippi, Huckleberry Finn and A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. The difficulties in these works are shown to be neither flaws nor failures, but rather intrinsic to both the structure of the American novel and the texture of American culture.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Howe, Lawrence

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Prosa, Erzählung, Roman, Prosaautoren

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; 1. Mark Twain's Big Two-Hearted River text; 2. Catching Mark Twain's drift; 3. Reinventing and circumventing history; 4. Twaining is everything.