Twain's omissions : exploring the gaps as textual context / edited by Gretchen Martin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Martin, Gretchen, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Twain, Mark, 1835-1910.

Twain, Mark.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (122 p.)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Mark Twain utilized a unique literary device throughout his fiction by routinely omitting or suspending crucial information in terms of plot, character portraits, descriptive events, chronology, and other aspects from his texts. Twain often introduces characters with very few details regarding their personal histories; while, other information is withheld in terms of the narrative's chronology or not addressed at all, thus producing gaps in the narrative. For example, Twain does not provide any significant information about the mothers of two of his most well-known characters, Huckleberry Finn

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CONTRIBUTORS

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed August 23, 2014).

ISBN:

1-4438-6436-6

OCLC:

885122949