num_pages: 284
description: The Cambridge Companion to Mark Twain offers new and thought-provoking essays on an author of enduring preeminence in the American canon. Accessible enough to interest both experienced specialists and students new to Twain criticism, the essays examine Twain from a wide variety of critical perspectives, and include timely reflections by major critics on the hotly debated dynamics of race and slavery perceptible throughout his writing. The volume includes a chronology of Twain's life and a list of suggestions for further reading.
language: English
title: The Cambridge Companion to Mark Twain
titlecomplete: The Cambridge Companion to Mark Twain
genres: Literature
ratings_count: 8
publisher: Cambridge University Press