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BL
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1033818
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b788188
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| Main Entry
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Lowry, Richard S.,1954-
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| Title & Author
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"Littery man" : : Mark Twain and modern authorship /\ Richard S. Lowry.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Oxford University Press,, 1996.
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| Series Statement
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Commonwealth Center studies in American culture.
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1 online resource (x, 177 pages)
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| ISBN
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0195102126
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: 0195356241
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: 0199855080
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: 1280528559
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: 1429406682
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: 9780195102123
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: 9780195356243
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: 9780199855087
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: 9781280528552
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: 9781429406680
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0195102126
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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INTRODUCTION: Mark Twain's Autobiographies of Authorship; ONE: "Littery Man": The Rhetoric of Authorship; I. "The Sole Form"; II. Literary Reverence: The Whittier Birthday Banquet; III. Local Differences; TWO: Consuming Desire: The Innocents Abroad and Roughing It; I. Speculating in the Market; II. Siteless Sights: The Innocents Abroad; III. The Magic of Composition: Roughing It; THREE: A "Rightly Constructed Boy's Life": The Adventures of Tom Sawyer; I. Nostalgia and Play; II. Rightly Constructing Boys; III. Fracturing: Injun Joe; FOUR: "By the Book": Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
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| Abstract
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As Mark Twain, Samuel Clemens became one of America's first modern celebrities. This work examines Twain's writings to show how the writer strove to establish his authority over the course of his career and argues that Samuel Clemens' supreme fiction performance was Mark Twain.
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Twain, Mark,1835-1910-- Authorship.
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Twain, Mark,1835-1910-- Paternité littéraire.
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Twain, Mark,1835-1910.
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Authors and readers-- United States-- History-- 19th century.
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Authorship-- Social aspects-- United States-- History-- 19th century.
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Autobiographical fiction, American-- History and criticism.
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Canon (Literature)
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Fiction-- Authorship-- History-- 19th century.
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Self in literature.
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Art d'écrire-- Aspect social-- États-Unis-- Histoire-- 19e siècle.
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Chefs-d'oeuvre (Littérature)
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Écrivains et lecteurs-- États-Unis-- Histoire-- 19e siècle.
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Moi (Psychologie) dans la littérature.
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Roman autobiographique américain-- Histoire et critique.
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Roman-- Art d'écrire-- Histoire-- 19e siècle.
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Authors and readers.
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Authorship-- Social aspects.
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Authorship.
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Autobiographical fiction, American.
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Canon (Literature)
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Fiction-- Authorship.
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LITERARY CRITICISM-- American-- General.
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Self in literature.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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818/.409
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| LC Classification
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PS1336.L68 1996eb
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