The Mythologizing of Mark Twain
Title:
The Mythologizing of Mark Twain
JLCTITLE245:
edited by Sara deSaussure Davis and Philip D. Beidler ; [contributions by John C. Gerber and others].
Publication Information:
University : University of Alabama Press, ©1984.
Physical Description:
xix, 186 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9780817302016
9780817301996
General Note:
Essays presented at the Eighth Alabama Symposium on English and American Literature, Oct. 15-17, 1981, University of Alabama.
Reading Level:
1490 L Lexile
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 158-177) and index.
Personal Subject:
Contents:
[1.] 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 -- [2.] 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 -- [3.] Twain mythologizes America and the universe: Mark Twain and the myth of the West / Harold H. Kolb, Jr. -- Mark Twain and the myth of the daring jest / Stanley Brodwin.