Buch, Englisch, 288 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 413 g
A Comic Writer and the American Self
Buch, Englisch, 288 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 413 g
Reihe: UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS PRESS
ISBN: 978-0-87023-967-0
Verlag: Univ of Chicago behalf of University of Mass
In this work, the author re-examines Mark Twain as a person, a text and a myth. He argues that some of his best works are shaped by a drive for liberation from every social, psychological and artistic limit and describes him as a reflexive, paradoxical, rule shattering comic genius.