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Mark Twain and Youth: Studies in His Life and Writings

Editat de Kevin Mac Donnell, R. Kent Rasmussen
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 28 iul 2016
One of the greatest American authors, Mark Twain holds a special position not only as a distinctly American cultural icon but also as a preeminent portrayer of youth. His famous writings about children and youthful themes are central to both his work and his popularity.The distinguished contributors to Mark Twain and Youth make Twain even more accessible to modern readers by fully exploring youth themes in both his life and his extensive writings. The volume's twenty-six original essays offer new perspectives on such important subjects as Twain's boyhood; his relationships with his siblings and his own children; his attitudes toward aging, gender roles, and slavery; the marketing, reception, teaching, and adaptation of his works; and youth themes in his individual novels--Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Prince and the Pauper, Pudd'nhead Wilson, and Joan of Arc. The book also includes a revealing foreword by actor Hal Holbrook, who has performed longer as "Mark Twain" than Samuel Clemens himself did.The book includes contributions by: Lawrence Berkove, John Bird, Jocelyn A. Chadwick, Joseph Csicsila, Hugh H. Davis, Mark Dawidziak, Shelley Fisher Fishkin, James Golden, Alan Gribben, Benjamin Griffin, Ronald Jenn, Holger Kersten, Andrew Levy, Cindy Lovell, Karen Lystra, Debra Ann MacComb, Peter Messent, Linda A. Morris, K. Patrick Ober, John R. Pascal, Lucy E. Rollin, Barbara Schmidt, David E. E. Sloane, Henry Sweets, Wendelinus Wurth.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781474225380
ISBN-10: 1474225381
Pagini: 344
Ilustrații: 12 b/w illustrations
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 24 mm
Greutate: 0.41 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Academic
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Caracteristici

The book explores aspects of 'youth' in Twain's personal life including his relationships with his own children, slavery, aging, his siblings and gender roles

Notă biografică

R. Kent Rasmussen holds a doctorate in history from UCLA. His numerous books include eleven volumes on Mark Twain, the best-known of which, Mark Twain A to Z (1995), he revised as Critical Companion to Mark Twain: A Literary Reference to His Life and Work (2007). He is also the author of the introductions and notes to the Penguin Classics editions of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (2014), The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (2014) and Mark Twain's Autobiographical Writings (2012). Kevin Mac Donnell is an independent scholar and a frequent book reviewer for the Mark Twain Forum. He serves on the editorial boards of the Mark Twain Journal and Firsts Magazine. He has published numerous articles on Mark Twain and other nineteenth-century literary figures and is co-editor of Mark Twain's Rubyaiyat (1983).

Cuprins

Foreword, Hal HolbrookIntroduction Note on Citations Part 1 Overviews1. Mark Twain on Youth and Aging, Holger Kersten 2. "Same Damned Fools": Mark Twain and the Deceptive Promise of Youth, Lawrence Berkove 3. Children's Literature in the Nineteenth Century, Lucy E. Rollin 4. Mark Twain's Lifelong Reading, Alan Gribben Part 2 The Clemens Family5. Sam and His Siblings, Henry Sweets6. Sam and Livy as Parents, John Bird7. Langdon Clemens and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Joseph Csicsila8. Susy Clemens: Defined by Her Death, James Golden9. Clara Clemens: The "Bay," Cindy Lovell10. Jean Clemens: A Family Reclaimed, Karen LystraPart 3 Sam Clemens's Life Experiences11. A Dialogue on Mark Twain's Autobiography, Victor Fischer and Benjamin Griffin12. Sam's Boyhood Friends, Henry Sweets13. Health, Disease, and Children, K. Patrick Ober14. Mark Twain's Angelfish, Barbara SchmidtPart 4 Mark Twain's Writings15. Early Stories and Sketches, David E. E. Sloane16. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Peter Messent17. The Prince and the Pauper, Hugh H. Davis18. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Andrew Levy19. Pudd'nhead Wilson, Debra Ann MacComb20. Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc, Ronald Jenn21. Gender Bending as Child's Play, Linda A. Morris22. Orphans and Adoption, Wendelinus WurthPart 5 Modern Perspectives23. Black and White Youth in Mark Twain's Hannibal, Shelley Fisher Fishkin24. Mark Twain and the Movies, Mark Dawidziak25. Mark Twain Meets Generation Z, Jocelyn A. Chadwick26. A Secondary School Perspective, John R. Pascal Works CitedNotes on ContributorsAcknowledgmentsIndex

Recenzii

How to give a foretaste of 26 essays, each one of them intriguing? . Mac Donnell and Rasmussen have added an important collection to the body of Twain criticism. It is stunningly broad and full of fascination. The way they have herded their academics and independents, their literary analysts and biographers, into a comprehensive whole is stunning. And what an important theme.
[These essays] offer an up-to-date glimpse at the true philosophy behind the writings of Mark Twain.
Editors Rasmussen and Mac Donnell have adjusted the lens on Mark Twain again, and the resultant kaleidoscope of insightful essays focused on "Youth" both delights and stimulates. I will be revisiting this wonderfully rich collection -- so smartly assembled -- again and again. Each essay inspires contemplation.
Youth romanticized and youth seen clear-eyed, youth celebrated and youth compromised, youth cut short and youth preserved into old age-Mark Twain has always been America's great poet of our personal, cultural, and national engagement with youth. This marvelous book awakens us brilliantly to that idea.
The very theme of youth is a crucial one in Twain ... the list of authors who have agreed to write for this collection provides a kind of who's who of the very best critics working in Twain Studies at the present moment. This is a book which I would eagerly anticipate reading, as would any scholar with an interest in Twain.
Kevin MacDonnell and Kent Rasmussen, whose scholarship has already shown them as two of the best chums Mark Twain ever had, now join forces to illuminate the Master's treatment of the subject that brought him the world's eternal fascination and love. It's better than a circus!
The 26 essays in this well-edited collection discuss a wide range of topics that fall under the rubric of "youth," which is a key subject in Mark Twain's writings. The first section offers biographical commentary, mainly dealing with Twain's childhood but also with his later family life, especially the events surrounding the deaths of three of his four children. Other essays address the importance of life events on Twain's fiction and autobiography-for instance, how the death of his infant son Langdon impacted the composition of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. And still others look at Twain's writing in the framework of 19th-century children's literature; how the racial divide created by slavery affected his diverse images of childhood; diseases of infancy in the 19th century; the specific ways gender, orphanage, adoption, and cross-dressing were expressed in his portraits of youth; the much-debated meaning of Twain's attraction to young girls-whom he saw as "surrogate granddaughters"-in late life; and the effect on his reputation of evolving ideas in the field of "childhood studies" (discussed in an essay by Andrew Levy). This book will prove valuable in a wide range of disciplines, including those outside literary studies per se. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty.