Mark Twain and male friendship : the Twichell, Howells and Rogers friendships / Peter Messent.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Messent, Peter B.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Authors, American--19th century--Biography.

Male friendship--United States--History.

Twain, Mark, 1835-1910--Friends and associates.

Twichell, Joseph Hopkins, 1838-1918--Friends and associates.

Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920--Friends and associates.

Rogers, Henry Huttleston, 1840-1909--Friends and associates.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (269 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Biographies of America's greatest humorist abound, but none have charted the overall influence of the key male friendships that profoundly informed his life and work. Combining biography, literary history, and gender studies, Mark Twain and Male Friendship presents a welcome new perspective as it examines three vastly different friendships and the stamp they left on Samuel Clemens's life. With accessible prose informed by impressive research, the study provides an illuminating history of the friendships it explores, and the personal and cultural dynamic of the relationships. In the case of Twa

Contents:

Contents; Introduction; 1 Male Friendship and Post-Civil War America; 2 Clemens and Twichell; 3 Clemens, Twichell, and Religion; 4 "My Dear 'Owells": Clemens and Howells; 5 Clemens, Howells, and Realism; 6 Clemens, Manhood, the Rogers Friendship, and "Which Was the Dream?"; 7 Clemens and Rogers: "Both Members of This Club"; Coda: Friendship's Limits: Fathers and Daughters; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-19-988930-9

0-19-996410-6

9786612328954

0-19-973680-4

1-282-32895-6

OCLC:

496128686