Gender play in Mark Twain
Subtitle: cross-dressing and transgression
By: Linda A. Morris.
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Columbia
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780826217592
Subjects: Twain, Mark, -- 1835-1910 -- Criticism and interpretation; Twain, Mark, -- 1835-1910 -- Characters; Sex role in literature; American wit and humor -- 19th century -- History and criticism
Description: "Explores Mark Twain's use of cross-dressing across his career by exposing the cast of his characters who masqueraded as members of the opposite sex or who otherwise defied gender expectations. Morris grounds her study in an understanding of the era's theatrical cross-dressing and changing mores, and events in Clemons's own household"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.    ) and index.