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Mark Twain: Lecturer and Entertainer
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Mark Twain: The Unreconstructed Temperament
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The European Influence Upon a Typical American: Mark Twain
As a reader fingers the pages of a hook, his mind searches for the definite purpose for which the work was written. One may not always realize that behind this purpose lies a field of influence which prompted the author to write, and which shaped the type of the literature in which he would express …
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Background and sources of Mark Twain's humor.
… upon personal experience or environment of Mark Twain; to show that Mark Twain is the best representative of American humor of the period in which he lived; to trace the development and sources of that humor from its earliest start to its culmination in his fifties; and, finally, to show the full …
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Second-order change at Mark Twain Elementary : an action research study
… Learning Communities interventions at Mark Twain Elementary and the extent the interventions brought about second-order change in the practices of teachers. Findings included the difficulty of establishing and maintaining trust, the value of vertical collaboration, and the acceptance that …
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Mark Twain's thought as revealed in his travel books.
… study the more prominent ideas expressed by Mark Twain in his travel books, to note the most characteristic thoughts, and to show how his thinking and attitudes changed and deepened as Twain advanced in years. The travel books used in this study are: The Innocents Abroud (1869), "Some Rambling …
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The Place of Folklore in The Creative Art of Mark Twain
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In defense of "Huckleberry Finn": Antiracism motifs in "Huckleberry Finn" and a review of racial criticism in Twain's work (Mark Twain)
… a literal interpretation of the text. Since Twain's treatment of race in the novel is presented through irony, it is crucial that the reader understands the author's ironic intent. An intensive evaluation of Twain, the racial issue, and his novel in light of the now accessible textual and …
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How to Tell a Story: Mark Twain and the Short Story Genre
This study examines the short fiction of Mark Twain in relation to major theories concerning the short story genre. Despite his popularity as a novelist and historical figure, Twain has not been recognized as a major figure in the development of the short story genre. This study attempts to show …
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Transnational Translation: Foreign Language in the Travel Writing of Cooper, Melville, and Twain
… Fenimore Cooper, Herman Melville, and Mark Twain--all use moments of cross-cultural contact and transference to theorize the permeability of the language barrier, seeking a mean between the oversimplification of the translator's task and a capitulation to the utter incomprehensibility of the …
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The Inspiration to Activism: Mark Twain and Kurt Vonnegut as Hopeful Critics of Humanity
"The Inspiration to Activism: Mark Twain and Kurt Vonnegut as Hopeful Critics of Humanity," posits that although both authors have been considered pessimists and even fatalists, a study of No. 44, The Mysterious Stranger and Slaughterhouse-Five supports that they do maintain hope for improvement. …
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The influence of Virginia City on Mark Twain's writings from 1862-1872.
Since 1910, the year of Mark Twain's death, and until the present day, there has been a steady flow of literature which has revealed many aspects of his life and character. This study reveals the significance of Mark Twain's Nevada years. In Nevada it was believed his genius was discovered; there …
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Beneath Mark Twain: Judgments of Justice and Gender in Twain's Early Western Writing, 1861-1873
… West. Indeed, Clemens, often writing as Mark Twain, combined all of these concerns in his early journalism and sensation hoaxes during the 1860s – state and personal justice, gender, class, race – while exploiting sensational literary depictions of violence that entertained readers but also …
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“The most popular humorist who ever lived” : Mark Twain and the transformation of American culture
This dissertation examines Mark Twain’s literary-critical reputation from the years 1865 to 1882, as he transformed from the regional “wild humorist of the Pacific Slope” to a national and international celebrity who William Dean Howells called “the most popular humorist who ever lived.” This …
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Dreaming Other Dreams: Persona and Humor in Mark Twain's Early Writings
In his early writings, Mark Twain tries to transcend life's incongruities and polarities by developing a flexible persona and kaleidoscopic humor. Dissipating distinctions, Twain uses humorous play to express variegated tones and perspectives. Through humor's plasticity, Twain volatilizes world and …
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The search for true hospitality in the travel writing of Margaret Fuller, Henry David Thoreau, Herman Melville, and Mark Twain.
… Henry David Thoreau, Herman Melville, and Mark Twain participated in a nineteenth-century debate about American hospitality. Having inherited a Puritan perspective regarding land and respecting social cohesion, many Americans in the nineteenth century practiced aristocratic hospitality, a …
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Huck Finn's Literary Dialect
Mark Twain wanted the reader to believe that the numerous dialects represented in Adventures in Huckleberry Finn were scientifically accurate. Instead, an examination of Huck Finn's speech in chapter one revealed that Twain employed a literary dialect, not a scientific dialect. Aspects of Huck's …
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"A woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised" : an ethical-critical analysis of theological rogues in Mark Twain's personal recollections of Joan of Arc and L. M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables series.
… characters, and readers, focusing on Mark Twain's Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc and L.M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables series. By presenting socially transgressive figures in a sympathetic manner, Twain and Montgomery encourage a reevaluation of cultural and religious standards. …
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