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The Mythologizing of Mark Twain / edited by Sara deSaussure Davis and Philip D. Beidler ; [contributions by John C. Gerber ... et al.].
- Format:
- Book
- Conference/Event
- Conference Name:
- Alabama Symposium on English and American Literature (8th : 1981 : University of Alabama)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Humorous stories, American--History and criticism--Congresses.
- Humorous stories, American.
- Twain, Mark, 1835-1910--Criticism and interpretation--Congresses.
- Twain, Mark.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (207 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- [Tuscaloosa, Alabama] : University of Alabama Press, 1984.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- <DIV> <DIV>Readers of Mark Twain seldom doubt his genius, but defining that genius and locating its source continue to challenge students of American literature. Equally elusive is an explanation of the intriguing phenomenon of Twain as a mythic figure, both shaper and embodier of an American mythos. Perhaps no single critical approach can adequately assess the complex force behind Samuel Clemens and Mark Twain. This native genius, our quintessential artist, rightfully provokes a number of powerful responses, as these original essays demonstrate.</DIV> </DIV>
- Contents:
- Contents; List of Illustrations; Introduction / Sara deSaussure Davis; Part I: America Mythologizes Twain; Collecting the Works of Mark Twain / John C. Gerber; ""Norman Rockwell Sentimentality"": The Rockwell Illustrations for Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn / Allison R. Ensor; Part II: Twain Mythologizes Twain; Autobiography as Property: Mark Twain and His Legend / Alan Gribben; Mark Twain, ""Funniest Man in the World"" / Henry Nash Smith; A ""Talent for Posturing"": The Achievement of Mark Twain's Public Personality / Louis J. Budd; Life on the Mississippi Revisited / James M. Cox
- Part III: Twain Mythologizes America and the UniverseMark Twain and the Myth of the West / Harold H. Kolb, Jr.; Mark Twain and the Myth of the Daring Jest / Stanley Brodwin; Notes; Contributors; Index
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Essays presented at the Eighth Alabama Symposium on English and American Literature, Oct. 15-17, 1981, University of Alabama.
- Bibliography: p. 158-177.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-8173-8861-3
- OCLC:
- 747303100
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