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American Literary Scholarship (2014) 2012 (1): 75–87.
Published: 01 September 2014
...John Bird © 2014 Duke University Press 2014 5  Mark Twain John Bird 2012 brings special journal issues and tributes to departed Mark Twain scholars, a return of critical attention to Huckleberry Finn after a one- year hiatus, and a spate of articles spanning Twain’s career...
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American Literary Scholarship (2001) 1999 (1): 97–122.
Published: 01 September 2001
...Alan Gribben © 2001 Duke University Press 2001 5 Mark Twain Alan Gribben Virtually every major period of Mark Twain’s life and career once again receives treatment this year. The thorniest issue remains the teachability of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn...
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American Literary Scholarship (2020) 2018 (1): 69–84.
Published: 01 September 2020
... and Medicine (see AmLS 2003, pp. 95 96). George Hendrick, The Blankenships in Mark Twain s Fiction: Some Speculations (MTJ 56, i: 124 35) gathers material about the Blanken- ship family, especially Tom Blankenship, the principal model for Huck- leberry Finn. In Alas; Poor Mark The Masonic Response to Mark...
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American Literary Scholarship (2006) 2004 (1): 93–112.
Published: 01 September 2006
...Alan Gribben Duke University Press 2006 5  Mark Twain Alan Gribben After the momentous publishing events of 2003, especially the release of the Mark Twain Project’s fullest edition of Adventures of Huckle- berry Finn and the incredibly inclusive Buffalo and Erie County...
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American Literary Scholarship (2002) 2000 (1): 91–106.
Published: 01 September 2002
... are an astute full-length study of Huckleberry Finn and fresh evaluations of the reading Twain undertook as he was writing A Connecticut Yankee. A perceptive article considers the manner in which Mark Twain has been represented in college textbooks since World War I. Some arguments sound familiar...
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American Literary Scholarship (2013) 2011 (1): 91–103.
Published: 01 September 2013
... Finn. That remarkable year also saw the publication of several biog- raphies, numerous critical studies, and most notably the first of three volumes of Mark Twain’s Autobiography. This year could not match that output, but it did see the Autobiography reach near the top of the New York Times...
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American Literary Scholarship (2004) 2002 (1): 85–103.
Published: 01 September 2004
... Finn. There is a new historical guide to Mark Twain. Pudd’nhead Wilson receives sophisticated exegeses. Inexpen- sive paperbound editions of Twain’s literary works continue to roll o√ the presses, to the convenience of instructors and students. Biographers are temporarily on vacation, but Mark...
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American Literary Scholarship (2007) 2005 (1): 103–126.
Published: 01 September 2007
...-of-fact descriptions of the philosopher’s doctrines and the dissections of the wittiest literature of Twain. The Duke’s remark in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn about his stratagem of announcing the performance of “The Royal Nonesuch” with an accompanying warning, “LADIES AND CHILDREN...
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American Literary Scholarship (2003) 2001 (1): 97–120.
Published: 01 September 2003
... a magnifying glass, two important editions of Huckleberry Finn earn augmented versions, the disagreements resume over Huckleberry Finn’s language and what his book signiŽes in American culture, a collection of essays pays tribute to Hamlin Hill’s foray against conventional scholarship, and another...
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American Literary Scholarship (2011) 2009 (1): 83–102.
Published: 01 September 2011
...). The relationship between The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adven- tures of Huckleberry Finn is the primary point in Andrew Levy’s “The Boy Murderers: What Mark Twain and Huckleberry Finn Really Teach” (MissR 32, ii: 42–58). Levy embeds Huckleberry Finn in two cultural moments: Twain’s and our own. He...
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American Literary Scholarship (2008) 2006 (1): 97–115.
Published: 01 September 2008
.... A fascinating study examines Twain’s many links with the printing industry. Interpretations of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, among them an intriguing analysis of Pap Finn, continue to dominate the critical conversations, and a new, annotated classroom edition of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer...
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American Literary Scholarship (2021) 2019 (1): 67–82.
Published: 01 September 2021
... ( ), e Adventures of Tom Sawyer ( ), A Tramp Abroad ( ), e Prince and the Pauper ( ), Life on the Mississippi ( ), Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ( ), and A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur s Court ( ) as well as collections and important short works such as A True Story ( ), e Facts Concerning...
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American Literary Scholarship (2005) 2003 (1): 83–109.
Published: 01 September 2005
... or pedagogical essays. i Editions Overshadowing all other developments is the release of the much- anticipated Mark Twain Project edition, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, ed. Victor Fischer and Lin Salamo (Calif vetted for the Committee on Scholarly Editions by no less eminent a textual authority...
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American Literary Scholarship (2022) 2020 (1): 75–89.
Published: 01 September 2022
... 1881 1910. Many are only one or two lines long, but more substantial items include reaction to the publication of Huckleberry Finn and first reactions to the Villa di Quarto outside Florence. The final item is a letter telegram dated 26 January 1910, from Bermuda, in which Twain writes, I expect...
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American Literary Scholarship (2017) 2015 (1): 63–76.
Published: 01 September 2017
... for scholars and critics. Also notable are a huge study of Twain’s humor, a provocative book about Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and two books about Mark Twain and China. Book chapters and articles span Twain’s career, with examinations of some works that are often overlooked. This year shows...
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American Literary Scholarship (2012) 2010 (1): 97–114.
Published: 01 September 2012
... catalogues serve up new Twain materials. Excellent articles on Adventures of Huckleberry Finn advance our understanding of that novel. Several articles probe the philosophical connections and the larger implications of selected works. Some of Twain’s lesser-studied late works receive their due...
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American Literary Scholarship (2000) 1998 (1): 87–98.
Published: 01 September 2000
..., Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Prince and the Pauper, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur s Court, The American Claimant, and Alan Gribben 89 Pudd nhead Wilson. His reconstruction of the links between Old Times on the Mississippi and Life on the Mississippi (a book indispensable . . . for mapping...
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American Literary Scholarship (2009) 2007 (1): 97–112.
Published: 01 September 2009
...Alan Gribben Duke University Press 2009 5  Mark Twain Alan Gribben Publications about Twain have slowed at least temporarily, a fact quite noticeable with regard to the smaller number of scholars taking up Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, but virtually every book...
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American Literary Scholarship (2016) 2014 (1): 75–90.
Published: 01 September 2016
...–17), and the second Lawrence I. Berkove, written by Joseph Csicsila (MTJ 52, ii: 9–23). The year brings more articles on Twain than in recent years, spanning his career but with particular emphasis on Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, especially the ending, and A Connecticut Yankee in King...
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American Literary Scholarship (2015) 2013 (1): 81–99.
Published: 01 September 2015
... England). Loving covers what he rightly calls Twain’s annus mirabilis: the American publication of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn; his fictionalized Civil War memoir, “The Private History of a Campaign That Failed”; his publication through Webster and Company of Ulysses S. Grant’s autobiography...