Mark Twain''s Audience - A Critical Analysis of Reader Responses to the Writings of Mark Twain

Informationen zum Autor Robert McParland is associate professor of English at Felician College in New Jersey. Klappentext The unique contribution of this book is the focus upon the testimony of Twain's audience as a unique "reading community"-how his fiction intersected with their real lives, how he impacted American publishing, literacy, and educational reform, and how Americans loved the theatricality and humor that Twain brought to their lives. Zusammenfassung The unique contribution of this book is the focus upon the testimony of Twain’s audience as a unique “reading community”—how his fiction intersected with their real lives, how he impacted American publishing, literacy, and educational reform, and how Americans loved the theatricality and humor that Twain brought to their lives. Inhaltsverzeichnis CONTENTSAcknowledgmentsChapter 1. America's Mark TwainChapter 2. The Innocents Abroad and the American ReaderChapter 3. Marketing Mark TwainChapter 4. The Trouble That Began at Eight: Audiences for Twain's LecturesChapter 5. Childhood ReadingChapter 6. Reading in Cultural InstitutionsChapter 7. The Variety of Readers: Gender, Race, EthnicityChapter 8. The Global AudienceChapter 9. Mark Twain's Audience and His Afterlife NotesBibliographyAbout the authorIndex

Product details

• Authors: Robert Mcparland, McParland Robert
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2016
• EAN: 9781498504287
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-0428-7
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, Literary studies: general, History of the Americas, 19th century literature;American literature;Mark Twain