The introspective art of Mark Twain
"The Introspective Art of Mark Twain is a major new assessment of a towering American writer. Seeking to trace the development of Mark Twain's imagination, Douglas Anderson begins near the end, with the long dialogue What Is Man? that Twain published anonymously in 1906. In Twain's vi...
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New York, London, Oxford
Bloomsbury Academic
2017
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | "The Introspective Art of Mark Twain is a major new assessment of a towering American writer. Seeking to trace the development of Mark Twain's imagination, Douglas Anderson begins near the end, with the long dialogue What Is Man? that Twain published anonymously in 1906. In Twain's view, the little-read What Is Man? lies at the heart of his creative life. It is the central aesthetic testament that he employed to tell the story of his artistic evolution. Beginning there, Anderson follow the contours of that story as it unfolds over Twain's career. The portrait that emerges ranges the full length of Twain's writing life, drawing on his autobiographical and travel writings, essays, letters, and little known works, as well as his monumental works of literature, by now deeply embedded in the world literary canon. "Steer by the river in your head," Mark Twain's master pilot, Horace Bixby, once advised him, when the opaque atmosphere of the outer world made it impossible to see the actual Mississippi through which Twain was trying to guide his steamboat. For the purposes of this book, the river in one's head is not a mental construct of the physical world but the riverine networks of consciousness itself: the river that is the mind. The detailed discussions of individual books that structure each chapter are meant to direct the attention of Mark Twain's students and admirers, through inward rather than outward channels, toward a fuller appreciation for his legacy"-- "A new reading of the major themes and concerns of Mark Twain's life and work, tracing the development of his imagination from his earliest works in 1865 to his writings in the early twentieth century"-- Machine generated contents note: -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction: Thought Experiments -- 1. Inside Excursions -- 2. Interest -- 3. Attention -- 4. Shadings -- Conclusion: Greatnesses in the Brain -- Notes -- Index |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | xiii, 278 Seiten, 8 ungezählte Seiten Bildtafeln Illustrationen 22 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781501329548 978-1-5013-2954-8 9781501329555 978-1-5013-2955-5 1501329553 1501329545 |