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Title:

Mark Twain : a sumptuous variety / edited by Robert Giddings.

Publisher:

Barnes & Noble,
Barnes & Noble,

Copyright Date:

1985

Description:

255 p. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Twain, Mark,--1835-1910--Criticism and interpretation.
Twain, Mark,--1835-1910--Criticism and interpretation.
Twain, Mark - Critical studies--American writers--Twain, Mark - Critical studies

Other Authors:

Giddings, Robert.

Notes:

Includes bibliographies and index.

Contents:

Introduction / by Robert Giddings -- Sport on the river and the science of play / by Philip Melling -- Kids' stuff / by John S. Whitley -- The comedic stance / by William Kaufman -- Mark Twain as playwright / by Robert Goldman -- Huckleberry Finn, "sivilization," and the civilization of the heart / by A. Robert Lee -- Mark Twain and the future of picaresque / by Lyall Powers -- Towards the absurd / by Peter Messent -- Mark Twain and King Leopold of the Belgians / by Robert Giddings -- A raft against Washington / by Eric Mottram.

Series:

Critical studies series

ISBN:

9780854780068
0854780068
9780389205418 (Barnes & Noble) :
0389205419 (Barnes & Noble) :

OCLC:

(OCoLC)13360452
(OCoLC)12908850

LCCN:

85172213

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UWAX953 -- Waldorf University - Luise V. Hanson Library (Forest City)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)