简介
The thirteen essays in this collection combine to offer a complex and deeply nuanced picture of Samuel Clemens. With the purpose of straying from the usual notions of Clemens (most notably the Clemens/Twain split that has ruled Twain scholarship for over thirty years), the editors have assembled contributions from a wide range of Twain scholars. As a whole, the collection argues that it is time we approach Clemens not as a shadow behind the literary persona but as a complex and intricate creator of stories, a creator who is deeply embedded in the political events of his time and who used a mix of literary, social, and personal experience to fuel the movements of his pen. The essays illuminate Clemens's connections with people and events not usually given the spotlight and introduce us to Clemens as a man deeply embroiled in the process of making literary gold out of everyday experiences. From Clemens's wonderings on race and identity to his looking to family and domesticity as defining experiences, from musings on the language that Clemens used so effectively to consideration of the images and processes of composition, these essays challenge long-held notions of why Clemens was so successful and so influential a writer. While that search itself is not new, the varied approaches within this collection highlight markedly inventive ways of reading the life and work of Samuel Clemens.
目录
Acknowledgments p. xi
Introduction Laura E. Skandera Trombley and Michael J. Kiskis p. 1
Mark Twain and the Tradition of Literary Domesticity Michael J. Kiskis p. 13
Samuel Clemens as Family Man and Father Victor A. Doyno p. 28
"To his preferred friends he revealed his true character": Mary Mason Fairbanks's Disguised Debate with Sam Clemens J. D. Stahl p. 50
Mark Twain's Mechanical Marvels Jeffrey Steinbrink p. 72
Steamboats, Cocaine, and Paper Money: Mark Twain Rewriting Himself Robert Sattelmeyer p. 87
Mark Twain, Isabel Lyon, and the "Talking Cure": Negotiating Nostalgia and Nihilism in the Autobiography Jennifer L. Zaccara p. 101
The Minstrel and the Detective: The Functions of Ethnic Caricature in Mark Twain's Writings of the 1890s Henry B. Wonham p. 122
Huck, Jim, and the "Black-and-White" Fallacy James S. Leonard p. 139
Humor, Sentimentality, and Mark Twain's Black Characters David L. Smith p. 151
Black Genes and White Lies: Twain and the Romance of Race Ann M. Ryan p. 169
Mark Twain in Large and Small: The Infinite and the Infinitesimal in Twain's Late Writing Tom Quirk p. 191
Mark Twain Studies and the Myth of Metaphor John Bird p. 203
"Who Killed Mark Twain?" Long Live Samuel Clemens! Laura E. Skandera Trombley and Gary Scharnhorst p. 218
Works Cited p. 227
Contributors p. 239
Index p. 243
Introduction Laura E. Skandera Trombley and Michael J. Kiskis p. 1
Mark Twain and the Tradition of Literary Domesticity Michael J. Kiskis p. 13
Samuel Clemens as Family Man and Father Victor A. Doyno p. 28
"To his preferred friends he revealed his true character": Mary Mason Fairbanks's Disguised Debate with Sam Clemens J. D. Stahl p. 50
Mark Twain's Mechanical Marvels Jeffrey Steinbrink p. 72
Steamboats, Cocaine, and Paper Money: Mark Twain Rewriting Himself Robert Sattelmeyer p. 87
Mark Twain, Isabel Lyon, and the "Talking Cure": Negotiating Nostalgia and Nihilism in the Autobiography Jennifer L. Zaccara p. 101
The Minstrel and the Detective: The Functions of Ethnic Caricature in Mark Twain's Writings of the 1890s Henry B. Wonham p. 122
Huck, Jim, and the "Black-and-White" Fallacy James S. Leonard p. 139
Humor, Sentimentality, and Mark Twain's Black Characters David L. Smith p. 151
Black Genes and White Lies: Twain and the Romance of Race Ann M. Ryan p. 169
Mark Twain in Large and Small: The Infinite and the Infinitesimal in Twain's Late Writing Tom Quirk p. 191
Mark Twain Studies and the Myth of Metaphor John Bird p. 203
"Who Killed Mark Twain?" Long Live Samuel Clemens! Laura E. Skandera Trombley and Gary Scharnhorst p. 218
Works Cited p. 227
Contributors p. 239
Index p. 243
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