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MARK TWAIN and HIS CIRCLE Ser.: Mark Twain and Human Nature 1 by Tom Quirk (2011
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller Notes
- Subject
- Literature & Fiction
- Product Type
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780826219664
- EAN
- 9780826219664
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Missouri Press
ISBN-10
0826219667
ISBN-13
9780826219664
eBay Product ID (ePID)
109105208
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
308 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Mark Twain and Human Nature
Publication Year
2011
Subject
General, American / General
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Literary Criticism
Series
Mark Twain and His Circle Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
18.1 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
College Audience
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
" Mark Twain and Human Nature will fascinate and energize Twainians because it engages with the quintessential Twain (and will stir up controversy because it challenges many a consensus about his major books). The alert general readers will recognize an educative yet inviting meditation on the basic, life-shaping ideas and attitudes of one of the most widely known American writers."- Louis Budd, author of Mark Twain: Social Philosopher, " Mark Twain and Human Nature will fascinate and energize Twainians because it engages with the quintessential Twain (and will stir up controversy because it challenges many a consensus about his major books). The alert general readers will recognize an educative yet inviting meditation on the basic, life-shaping ideas and attitudes of one of the most widely known American writers."-- Louis Budd , author of Mark Twain: Social Philosopher "Essential reading for any student or scholar. This may be one of the most important books attempting to come to terms with the evolution of Twain's 'gospel of man'--especially his preoccupation with human nature--to be written."-- Joseph McCullough , coeditor of The Bible According to Mark Twain, " Mark Twain and Human Nature will fascinate and energize Twainians because it engages with the quintessential Twain (and will stir up controversy because it challenges many a consensus about his major books). The alert general readers will recognize an educative yet inviting meditation on the basic, life-shaping ideas and attitudes of one of the most widely known American writers."-- Louis Budd , author of Mark Twain: Social Philosopher, "Essential reading for any student or scholar. This may be one of the most important books attempting to come to terms with the evolution of Twain's 'gospel of man'-especially his preoccupation with human nature-to be written." - Joseph McCullough, coeditor of The Bible According to Mark Twain, "Essential reading for any student or scholar. This may be one of the most important books attempting to come to terms with the evolution of Twain's 'gospel of man'--especially his preoccupation with human nature--to be written."-- Joseph McCullough , coeditor of The Bible According to Mark Twain
Grade From
College Freshman
Series Volume Number
1
Dewey Decimal
818/.409
Table Of Content
ContentsAcknowledgments 00A Note on the Texts 00Abbreviations 00Introduction 1Chapter One. 1852-1869 00Chapter Two. 1870-1879 00Chapter Three. 1880-1884 00Chapter Four. 1885-1889 00Chapter Five. 1890-1899 00Chapter Six. 1900-1910 00Index 00
Synopsis
Mark Twain once claimed that he could read human character as well as he could read the Mississippi River, and he studied his fellow humans with the same devoted attention. In both his fiction and his nonfiction, he was disposed to dramatize how the human creature acts in a given environment--and to understand why. Now one of America's preeminent Twain scholars takes a closer look at this icon's abiding interest in his fellow creatures. In seeking to account for how Twain might have reasonably believed the things he said he believed, Tom Quirk has interwoven the author's inner life with his writings to produce a meditation on how Twain's understanding of human nature evolved and deepened, and to show that this was one of the central preoccupations of his life. Quirk charts the ways in which this humorist and occasional philosopher contemplated the subject of human nature from early adulthood until the end of his life, revealing how his outlook changed over the years. His travels, his readings in history and science, his political and social commitments, and his own pragmatic testing of human nature in his writing contributed to Twain's mature view of his kind. Quirk establishes the social and scientific contexts that clarify Twain's thinking, and he considers not only Twain's stated intentions about his purposes in his published works but also his ad hoc remarks about the human condition. Viewing both major and minor works through the lens of Twain's shifting attitude, Quirk provides refreshing new perspectives on the master's oeuvre. He offers a detailed look at the travel writings, including The Innocents Abroad and Following the Equator , and the novels, including The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and Pudd'nhead Wilson, as well as an important review of works from Twain's last decade, including fantasies centering on man's insignificance in Creation, works preoccupied with isolation--notably No. 44, The Mysterious Stranger and "Eve's Diary"--and polemical writings such as What Is Man? Comprising the well-seasoned reflections of a mature scholar, this persuasive and eminently readable study comes to terms with the life-shaping ideas and attitudes of one of America's best-loved writers. Mark Twain and Human Nature offers readers a better understanding of Twain's intellect as it enriches our understanding of his craft and his ineluctable humor., Mark Twain claimed he could read human character as well as he could read the Mississippi River. Now one of America's preeminent Twain scholars has interwoven the author's inner life with his writings to produce a meditation on how Twain's understanding of human nature evolved and deepened. Quirk charts the ways in which this humorist and occasional philosopher contemplated human nature, revealing how his outlook changed over the years. His travels, his readings in history and science, his political and social commitments, and his own pragmatic testing of human nature in his writing contributed to Twain's mature view of his kind. Quirk establishes the social and scientific contexts that clarify Twain's thinking, and he considers not only Twain's stated intentions about his purposes in his published works but also his ad hoc remarks about the human condition.
LC Classification Number
PS1338
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