First published in 1873, The Gilded Age is both a biting satire and a revealing portrait of post-Civil War America-an age of corruption when crooked land speculators, ruthless bankers, and dishonest politicians voraciously took advantage of the nation's peacetime optimism. With his characteristic wit and perception, Mark Twain and his collaborator, Charles Dudley Warner, attack the greed, lust, and naivete of their own time in a work which endures as a valuable social document and one of America's most important satirical novels. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the...
First published in 1873, The Gilded Age is both a biting satire and a revealing portrait of post-Civil War America-an age of corruption when cr...
The fifteen essays on Emerson, reprinted here, were published in American Literature from 1937 to 1986 and reveal the continuity of that journal's interest in studies of literary influence, textual scholarship, and intellectual history. As this volume reveals, its editorial standards for scholarship have contributed to the publication of essays that have endured the winds of fashion.--Choice
The fifteen essays on Emerson, reprinted here, were published in American Literature from 1937 to 1986 and reveal the continuity of that journal's int...
This broad-ranging companion brings together respected American and European critics and a number of up-and-coming scholars to provide an overview of Twain, his background, his writings, and his place in American literary history.
One of the most broad-ranging volumes to appear on Mark Twain in recent years
Brings together respected Twain critics and a number of younger scholars in the field to provide an overview of this central figure in American literature
Places special emphasis on the ways in which Twain's works remain both relevant and important for a...
This broad-ranging companion brings together respected American and European critics and a number of up-and-coming scholars to provide an overview ...
