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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Criticism and interpretation."”.
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Background and sources of Mark Twain's humor.
… material necessary to a fuller understanding of the background and source of much of the humor that is based 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 …
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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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MARK TWAIN'S SPEAKING IN THE DARK YEARS (COMMUNICATION, RHETORIC, MOVEMENTS).
This study examines Mark Twain's use of the spoken word in the last decade of his life. It includes Twain's informal readings, his image manipulation and control, his rhetorical speaking, his methods of speech preparation, and his dictation of the autobiography. Twain's use of oral interpretation …