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Good: A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including ...
Release Year
2000
Book Title
Mark Twain in the Margins: The Quarry Farm Marginalia and a Co...
ISBN
9780817310332
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Product Identifiers

Publisher
University of Alabama Press
ISBN-10
0817310339
ISBN-13
9780817310332
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1658623

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
224 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Mark Twain in the Margins : The Quarry Farm Marginalia and a Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Subject
General, American / General, Books & Reading, Subjects & Themes / General
Publication Year
2000
Type
Textbook
Author
Joe B. Fulton
Subject Area
Literary Criticism
Series
Studies in American Literary Realism and Naturalism Ser.
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
0 Oz
Item Length
9.4 in
Item Width
6.3 in

Additional Product Features

Edition Number
2
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
99-050647
Reviews
"This meticulous study of Twain's methods of reading and annotating--and writing--will rank as one of the two dozen most essential books for understanding the stages of Twain's thought and composition. Additionally, the transcription of his marginalia is noteworthy in itself, especially the lengthy rumination about the long-term infuence of the French Revolution, which is so opinionated and revealing that it will often be quoted in the years to come. These marginalia have never before been made accessible, and they are presented here with a degree of fullness and care ensuring that no subsequent follow-up study is ever likely to be necessary. This will be the final word." — Alan Gribben, Auburn University at Montgomery
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
813/.4
Synopsis
Fulton's examination of Twain's marginalia demonstrates that the "unlettered" Twain approached the writing of his novels with careful research and calculated design., The common characterization of Mark Twain as an uneducated and improvisational writer took hold largely because of the novelist's own frequent claims about his writing practices. But using recently discovered evidence--Twain's marginal notes in books he consulted as he worked on A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court --Joe Fulton argues for a reconsideration of scholarly views about Twain's writing process, showing that this great American author crafted his novels with careful research and calculated design. Fulton analyzes Twain's voluminous marginalia in the copies of Macaulay's History of England, Carlyle's History of the French Revolution, and Lecky's History of the Rise of Rationalism and England in the Eighteenth Century available to Twain in the library of Quarry Farm, the New York farm where the novelist and his family routinely spent their summers. Comparing these marginal notes to entries in Twain's writing journal, the manuscript of Connecticut Yankee, and the book as published in 1889, Fulton establishes that Twain's research decisively influenced the novel. Fulton reveals Twain to be both the writer from experience he claimed to be and the careful craftsman that he attempted to downplay. By redefining Twain's aesthetic, Fulton reinvigorates current debates about what constitutes literary realism. Fulton's transcriptions of the marginalia appear in an appendix; together with his analysis, they provide a valuable new resource for Twain scholars.
LC Classification Number
PS1308.F85 2000

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