Mark Twain : a sumptuous variety /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Giddings, Robert
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London : Totowa, NJ : Vision ; Barnes & Noble, 1985.
Series:	Critical studies series.
Subjects:	Twain, Mark, > 1835-1910 > Criticism and interpretation. Humorous stories, American > History and criticism. Récits humoristiques américains > Histoire et critique. Twain, Mark, > 1835-1910. Humorous stories, American. Twain, Mark > 1835-1910 Aufsatzsammlung Twain, Mark, > (1835-1910) > Critique et interprétation. Twain, Mark. English literature > American writers > Twain, Mark - Critical studies Aufsatzsammlung. Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Table of Contents:

Introduction / by Robert Giddings
Sport on the river and the science of play / by Philip Melling
Kids' stuff / by John S. Whitley
The comedic stance / by William Kaufman
Mark Twain as playwright / by Robert Goldman
Huckleberry Finn, "sivilization," and the civilization of the heart / by A. Robert Lee
Mark Twain and the future of picaresque / by Lyall Powers
Towards the absurd / by Peter Messent
Mark Twain and King Leopold of the Belgians / by Robert Giddings
A raft against Washington / by Eric Mottram.