Lighting out for the territory [electronic resource] : reflections on Mark Twain and American culture

Title	Lighting out for the territory [electronic resource] : reflections on Mark Twain and American culture
Author	Shelley Fisher Fishkin
Imprint	New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1998
Connect to	http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195121223.001.0001
Descript	1 online resource (264 p.) : ill., facsims., ports

SUMMARY

Twain scholar Shelley Fisher Fishkin blends personal narrative with reflections on history, literature, and popular culture, to provide a provocative look at who Mark Twain really was, how he got to be that way, and what we do with his legacy today

Twain Mark 1835-1910 -- Criticism and interpretation Twain Mark 1835-1910 -- Influence Literature and society -- United States -- History -- 19th century National characteristics American in literature Humorous stories American -- History and criticism Authors American -- 19th century -- Biography United States -- In literature