AuthorFishkin, Shelley Fisher
TitleLighting out for the territory [electronic resource] : reflections on Mark Twain and American culture / Shelley Fisher Fishkin
Imprint New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1998
Connect tohttp://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


SUBJECT

  1. Twain
  2. Mark
  3. 1835-1910 -- Criticism and interpretation
  4. Twain
  5. Mark
  6. 1835-1910 -- Influence
  7. Literature and society -- United States -- History -- 19th century
  8. National characteristics
  9. American
  10. in literature
  11. Humorous stories
  12. American -- History and criticism
  13. Authors
  14. American -- 19th century -- Biography
  15. United States -- In literature