| Description |
1 online resource (224 pages) |
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American Literary Realism and Naturalism |
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American Literary Realism and Naturalism
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| Contents |
List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Method of Transcription; List of Abbreviations; 1. Following the "Compass of Fact": Rethinking Mark Twain's Composing Process; 2. Twain's "Cloud of Witnesses": The 1885 and 1887 Marginalia in Lecky's Spirit of Rationalism; 3. Macaulay's "Stately Sentences": Twain's 1885 and 1887 Marginalia in The History of England; 4. "The Men of Old Ideas Must Die Off": Mark Twain and Lecky's England in the Eighteenth Century; 5. Thomas Carlyle's "Bucket of Blood": Twain's Rereading of The French Revolution; Conclusion; Appendixes; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
"Through a mixture of careful research and imaginative analysis, Fulton creates a compelling re-vision of Twain as an artist."--American Literary Realism "With the skill of Sherlock Holmes at his best, Fulton deduces from seemingly trivial scribblings Twain's practice as a writer and his use of sources to form both incidents and his hero's social vision ... An important accomplishment in Twain studies."--Choice "Fulton has provided a store of potential future scholarship, and he has certainly raised t |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910. Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's court -- Criticism, Textual
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| SUBJECT |
Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's court (Twain, Mark) fast |
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Realism in literature.
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Fiction -- Technique.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
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Fiction -- Technique
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Realism in literature
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780817380199 |
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0817380191 |
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