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Mark Twain's The adventures of Tom Sawyer / edited & with an introduction by Harold Bloom.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Bloom's guides.
- Bloom's guides
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Adventure stories, American--History and criticism.
- Adventure stories, American.
- Sawyer, Tom (Fictitious character).
- Boys in literature.
- Race relations in literature.
- Mississippi River--In literature.
- Mississippi River.
- Twain, Mark, 1835-1910. Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
- Twain, Mark.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (123 p.)
- Other Title:
- Adventures of Tom Sawyer
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Bloom's Literary Criticism, c2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- One of American literature's classic coming-of-age tales, this novel chronicles the eponymous hero's often-mischievous adventures. Drawn from Mark Twain's own experiences and the lives of the boys he grew up among, Tom Sawyer is a hybrid creation who, according to his creator, ""belongs to the composite order of architecture."" This brand-new title featuring concise critical excerpts is complete with an annotated bibliography, an index, a list of characters, and an extensive summary of the original work.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Biographical sketch
- The story behind the story
- List of characters
- Summary and analysis
- Critical views
- Henry Nash Smith on Tom Sawyer, inadequate hero
- James M. Cox on play, pleasure, and showing off in the novel
- Judith Fetterley on Tom as a local antidote to boredom
- Lee Clark Mitchell on appearance and voice in the novel
- E.L. Doctorow on the child reader and the adult reader
- Albert E. Stone offers some general remarks
- Michael J. Kiskis reconsiders Twain's values
- John Bird examines Twain's double narrator strategy
- Harold K. Bush Jr. on attitudes toward religion and the village church
- Roy Blount Jr. on Twain as political commentator
- Works by Mark Twain
- Annotated bibliography.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-4381-3770-2
- OCLC:
- 743695155
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