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Lighting out for the territory : reflections on Mark Twain and American culture /

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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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fishkin, Shelley Fisher
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1997.
Series:OUP E-Books.
Subjects:
Twain, Mark, > 1835-1910 > Knowledge > America.
Twain, Mark, > 1835-1910 > Appreciation > United States.
Twain, Mark, > 1835-1910.
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.
America > In literature.
Littérature et société > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Récits humoristiques américains > Histoire et critique.
Écrivains américains > 19e siècle > Biographies.
Amérique > Dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Art appreciation.
Authors, American.
Humorous stories, American.
Literature.
Literature and society.
America.
United States.
1800-1899
Electronic books.
Biographies.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (264 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-249).
ISBN:1429415800
9781429415804
1280529946
9781280529948
9780199855162
0199855161
9786610529940
6610529949
9780195121223
0195121228