The Resource Mark Twain : the divided mind of America's best-loved writer, David W. Levy
Mark Twain : the divided mind of America's best-loved writer, David W. Levy
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- Summary
- From the publisher. The life and writings of a beloved American writer illuminate the Gilded Age and reveal his ambivalence toward the changes wrought by industry and wealth. Like the steamboat on which Mark Twain adopted his pen name, the industrial growth that swept America in the latter half of the nineteenth century prompted Americans to react variously with delight, awe, fear, excitement for the future, and nostalgia for a simpler time. David Levy's biography places Mark Twain and his work in the context of sweeping societal changes: westward expansion, the Civil War, American imperialism, the end of slavery and start of a new chapter in race relations, and the advances and excesses of the Gilded Age
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- viii, 232 pages
- Contents
-
- Growing up in Hannibal
- The great Mississippi
- A young man goes West
- Making God's creatures laugh
- A cynic among the pilgrims
- Livy
- Hartford
- A writer of remarkable books
- "The best book we've had"
- A writer who thought he was a businessman
- Writing his way out of debt
- At the end, dark despair
- Epilogue
- Study and discussion questions
- Isbn
- 9780205553754
- Label
- Mark Twain : the divided mind of America's best-loved writer
- Title
- Mark Twain
- Title remainder
- the divided mind of America's best-loved writer
- Statement of responsibility
- David W. Levy
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- From the publisher. The life and writings of a beloved American writer illuminate the Gilded Age and reveal his ambivalence toward the changes wrought by industry and wealth. Like the steamboat on which Mark Twain adopted his pen name, the industrial growth that swept America in the latter half of the nineteenth century prompted Americans to react variously with delight, awe, fear, excitement for the future, and nostalgia for a simpler time. David Levy's biography places Mark Twain and his work in the context of sweeping societal changes: westward expansion, the Civil War, American imperialism, the end of slavery and start of a new chapter in race relations, and the advances and excesses of the Gilded Age
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1937-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Levy, David W.
- Dewey number
-
- 818/.409
- B
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PS1331
- LC item number
- .L48 2011
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Series statement
- The library of American biography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Humorists, American
- Authors, American
- Twain, Mark
- Label
- Mark Twain : the divided mind of America's best-loved writer, David W. Levy
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Growing up in Hannibal -- The great Mississippi -- A young man goes West -- Making God's creatures laugh -- A cynic among the pilgrims -- Livy -- Hartford -- A writer of remarkable books -- "The best book we've had" -- A writer who thought he was a businessman -- Writing his way out of debt -- At the end, dark despair -- Epilogue -- Study and discussion questions
- Control code
- 617565299
- Dimensions
- 20 cm
- Extent
- viii, 232 pages
- Isbn
- 9780205553754
- Lccn
- 2010011362
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)617565299
- Label
- Mark Twain : the divided mind of America's best-loved writer, David W. Levy
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Growing up in Hannibal -- The great Mississippi -- A young man goes West -- Making God's creatures laugh -- A cynic among the pilgrims -- Livy -- Hartford -- A writer of remarkable books -- "The best book we've had" -- A writer who thought he was a businessman -- Writing his way out of debt -- At the end, dark despair -- Epilogue -- Study and discussion questions
- Control code
- 617565299
- Dimensions
- 20 cm
- Extent
- viii, 232 pages
- Isbn
- 9780205553754
- Lccn
- 2010011362
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)617565299
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