Mark Twain: the complete interviews

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The great writer's irascible wit shines in this comprehensive collection. This volume is an annotated and indexed scholarly edition of every known interview with Mark Twain spanning his entire career. In these interviews, Twain discusses such topical issues as his lecture style, his writings, and his bankruptcy, while holding forth on such timeless issues as human nature, politics, war and peace, government corruption, humor, race relations, imperialism, international copyright, the elite, and …

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Full title :Mark Twain : the complete interviews / edited by Gary Scharnhorst.

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Publication Date:©2006.

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Publisher(s):University of Alabama Press
Place of Publication:Tuscaloosa
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2006.

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Description:1 online resource (xii, 719 pages) : : illustrations

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ISBN:9780817315764, 0817315764
oclc:ocn427559837
LC Classification:PS1331
Dewey Decimal:818/.409

Introduction; Abbreviations; 1. The Growth of Mark Twain's Early Reputation, 1871-1884: Interviews 1-20; 2. The "Twins of Genius" Tour, 1884-1885 : Interviews 21-39; 3. The Best and Worst of Times, 1886-1895 : Interviews 40-59; 4. Across North America, 1895 : Interviews 60-81; 5. Across Australia, Asia, and Africa, 1895-1896 : Interviews 82-120; 6. "Ambassador at Large" and Man of Letters, 1897-1901 : Interviews 121-151; 7. Last Visit to Missouri, 1902 : Interviews 152-170; 8. At Large, 1902-1906 : Interviews 171-195; 9. "Dean of Humorists," 1906-1907 : Interviews 196-220

10. Visit to Oxford, 1907 : Interviews 221-23511. The Long Goodbye, 1907-1910 : Interviews 236-258; Appendix; Index

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