Mark Twain on the Loose A Comic Writer and the American Self |
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| Author:
| Michelson, Bruce |
| ISBN: | 978-0-87023-967-0 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 1995 |
| Publisher: | University of Massachusetts Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $26.95 |
Book Description:
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In this work, the author re-examines Mark Twain as a person, a text and a myth. He argues that some of his best works are shaped by a drive for liberation from every social, psychological and artistic limit and describes him as a reflexive, paradoxical, rule shattering comic genius.
In this work, the author re-examines Mark Twain as a person, a text and a myth. He argues that some of his best works are shaped by a drive for liberation from every social, psychological and artistic limit and describes him as a reflexive, paradoxical, rule shattering comic genius.