Bedside, Bathtub & Armchair Companion to Mark Twain (Bedside, Bathtub & Armchair Companions) - Hardcover
He has been called "The Lincoln of Our Literature," and not less a literary authority than Ernest Hemingway cited The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as the source from which all American literature springs. Now, the great Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910), better known as Mark Twain, is the subject of a new volume in Continuum's acclaimed Bedside, Bathtub & Armchair series.
Written for general readers and students as well as scholars, with a view to presenting the known and, especially, the unknown Twain, The Bedside, Bathtub & Armchair Companion to Mark Twain covers all of the works as well as the rambling and often wildly psyche and contradictory life.
The Bedside, Bathtub & Armchair Companion to Mark Twain puts the reader right on the Mississippi River with Twain and all his unforgettable characters--Tom Sawyer, Huck Finn, Becky Thatcher, Pudd'nhead Wilson and many others.
Framed by two appearances of Hailey's Comet, Twain's life takes on a new mythic dimension through these pages: humorist and misanthrope, self-made author and non-believer in "uneducated" Shakespeare as the author of his plays, inventor and journalist, provincial American and worldly sophisticate, Twain comes alive as perhaps never before in these pages.
It is the perfect gift to satisfy the millions of Twainiacs who return to the master's novels and stories again and again, every year.
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About the Author:
Pam McAllister is the author of ten books, including three others in Continuum's Bedside, Bathtub &Armchair Companion series which she co-authored with Dick Riley, on Shakespeare (2001), Sherlock Holmes (1999), and Agatha Christie (1979). Her other books include Death Defying: Dismantling the Execution Machinery in 21st Century U.S.A. (Continuum, 2003) about ending capital punishment and two books about women's use of nonviolent action for social justice. In 1982, she edited the groundbreaking anthology Reweaving the Web of Life: Feminism and Nonviolence (New Society Publishers), which the Village Voice called "one of the most important books you'll ever read." She currently writes a column for The Progressive Christian magazine.
Review:
Of the growing number of literary "companions" to Mark Twain, this lively labor of love by Pam McAllister must surely be the most companionable. Although not weighted down by scholarly apparatus, it is both thorough and reliable, as a good companion should be. Better still, it's consistently full of fun and surprises. McAllister not only has an unerring sense of what needs to be said, she never fails to make her points engaging; even her plot summaries are compelling. The fresh personal perspectives that she brings to Mark Twain's life and works guarantee that this particular "companion" is one that students, scholars, and even casual fans of Mark Twain will want to keep near at hand. — R. Kent Rasmussen, author of Mark Twain A to Z, Critical Companion to Mark Twain, and other works about Mark Twain
Of the growing number of literary "companions" to Mark Twain, this lively labor of love by Pam McAllister must surely be the most companionable. Although not weighted down by scholarly apparatus, it is both thorough and reliable, as a good companion should be. Better still, it’s consistently full of fun and surprises. McAllister not only has an unerring sense of what needs to be said, she never fails to make her points engaging; even her plot summaries are compelling. The fresh personal perspectives that she brings to Mark Twain’s life and works guarantee that this particular "companion" is one that students, scholars, and even casual fans of Mark Twain will want to keep near at hand. — R. Kent Rasmussen, author of Mark Twain A to Z, Critical Companion to Mark Twain, and other works about Mark Twain
Of the growing number of literary "companions" to Mark Twain, this lively labor of love by Pam McAllister must surely be the most companionable. Although not weighted down by scholarly apparatus, it is both thorough and reliable, as a good companion should be. Better still, it’s consistently full of fun and surprises. McAllister not only has an unerring sense of what needs to be said, she never fails to make her points engaging; even her plot summaries are compelling. The fresh personal perspectives that she brings to Mark Twain’s life and works guarantee that this particular "companion" is one that students, scholars, and even casual fans of Mark Twain will want to keep near at hand. — R. Kent Rasmussen, author of Mark Twain A to Z, Critical Companion to Mark Twain, and other works about Mark Twain
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- PublisherContinuum Intl Pub Group
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 0826418120
- ISBN 13 9780826418128
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages224
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