Mark Twain: an American prophet / [by] Maxwell Geismar, edited and abridged by Maxwell Geismar.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Boston, MA. Houghton Mifflin, c1970.Description: 331 pages; 21 cmSubject(s): DDC classification:
  • 817/.4
LOC classification:
  • PS 1331  .G4 1970
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Contents:
One Factual -- Two A pagan Puritan -- Three The river and the raft -- Four Failure and triumph -- Five The enraged radical -- Six Death of an epic poet -- Seven Satan as prankster -- Eight The story of a life -- Nine Spy in the house of the oligarchy -- Ten Eternal life, light and laughter.
Summary: "This is a rich, affirmative study of Samuel Clemens, fully demonstrating his rightful place in world literature. Maxwell Geismar shows Clemens to be not merely an anecdotal humorist but a revolutionary spirit - a social and moral voice of humanity whose humor makes his message more effective. The various levels of his art in all its range. depth, and variety are presented - Twain's talent 'seems as fresh and sharp and enchanting today as when the ink first flowed'." -- from the back cover.
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Includes index.

One Factual -- Two A pagan Puritan -- Three The river and the raft -- Four Failure and triumph -- Five The enraged radical -- Six Death of an epic poet -- Seven Satan as prankster -- Eight The story of a life -- Nine Spy in the house of the oligarchy -- Ten Eternal life, light and laughter.

"This is a rich, affirmative study of Samuel Clemens, fully demonstrating his rightful place in world literature. Maxwell Geismar shows Clemens to be not merely an anecdotal humorist but a revolutionary spirit - a social and moral voice of humanity whose humor makes his message more effective. The various levels of his art in all its range. depth, and variety are presented - Twain's talent 'seems as fresh and sharp and enchanting today as when the ink first flowed'." -- from the back cover.

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