Mark Twain's Satires and Burlesques / Mark Twain.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Twain, Mark, 1835-1910, author.

Series:

Twain, Mark, 1835-1910. Mark Twain papers ; Volume 3.

Mark Twain Papers ; Volume 3

Mark Twain Papers

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Twain, Mark, 1835-1910. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

Twain, Mark.

Satire, American--History and criticism.

Satire, American.

Ethics in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (498 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, California : University of California Press, [1967]

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

From the Introduction:It should always be with some misgivings that an editor presents to the public materials which an author has discarded. By returning the materials to his files, the author has voted against publication. By resurrecting them, the editor risks exposing the author to the adverse criticism which he wished to avoid. But, at the same time, the resurrection serves a valuable purpose by making available indispensable evidence to be used by those seeking to understand the creative process. It is because they serve such a purpose that the texts published in this volume have been salvaged from Mark Twain's files. Indeed, they are doubly valuable because they aid in dispelling a myth about his own creative process which Twain himself did much to establish. In several instances Twain gave the impression that for him plotting a novel was a rather simple affair. . . . But in actuality, as the texts published in this volume illustrate, he experienced much more trouble than this statement would suggest in delimiting his fictional world, establishing its nature, and maintaining control over the characters placed therin.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Editors Preface

Acknowledgments

Contents

Abbreviations

Introduction

BURLESQUE

A Novel

The Story of Mamie Grant, the Child-Missionary

L'Homme Qui Kit

1,002' ARABIAN NIGHT

I. Autobiography of a Damned Fool

II. Affeland (Snivelization)

III. Hellfire Hotchkiss

I. The Brummel-Arabella Fragment

II. Cap'n Simon Wheeler, The Amateur Detective. A Light Tragedy

III. Copyright Application for "Cap'n Simon Wheeler, The Amateur Detective"

IV. Simon Wheeler, Detective

A

B

C

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 01. Okt 2020)

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780520905009

0520905008

OCLC:

1198932030