Mark Twain
Subtitle: a sumptuous variety
By: edited by Robert Giddings.
Contributors: Giddings, Robert.
Series: Critical studies series
Publisher: Vision; Barnes & Noble
Published: 1985
Place of publication: London; Totowa, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 255
Subjects: Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Criticism and interpretation.; Humorous stories, American -- History and criticism.
Notes: Includes bibliographies and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / by Robert Giddings; title: Sport on the river and the science of play / by Philip Melling; title: Kids' stuff / by John S. Whitley; title: The comedic stance / by William Kaufman; title: Mark Twain as playwright / by Robert Goldman; title: Huckleberry Finn, "sivilization," and the civilization of the heart / by A. Robert Lee; title: Mark Twain and the future of picaresque / by Lyall Powers; title: Towards the absurd / by Peter Messent; title: Mark Twain and King Leopold of the Belgians / by Robert Giddings; title: A raft against Washington / by Eric Mottram.