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- catalog abstract "Tom Quirk's study provides a comprehensive analysis of the comic genius and narrative originality that makes Mark Twain's short fiction a cornerstone of the American literary tradition. Quirk's presentation of Twain's career as a writer of short fiction is complemented with selections of Twain's essays rounds out this balanced and informative work. Quirk's aim in Mark Twain: A Study of the Short Fiction is to provide a "descriptive account of Twain's imaginative energies and his literary development as they are revealed in his short fiction." His selections of Twain's writing provide excellent examples of the literary energy that Quirk so vividly describes.".
- catalog contributor b10458480.
- catalog created "c1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "c1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1997.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "The Early Years, 1863-1873: Oral Tradition and the Individual Talent -- The Middle Years, 1874-1890: Literary Respectability and Social Responsibility -- The Late Years, 1891-1910: False Starts and Flights of Fancy -- Report to the Buffalo Female Academy -- Reply to the Editor of "The Art of Authorship" -- Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offences -- How to Tell a Story -- William Dean Howells -- William Dean Howells -- Louis J. Budd -- Don Florence -- Walter Blair -- Gregg Camfield -- Susan K. Harris.".
- catalog description "Tom Quirk's study provides a comprehensive analysis of the comic genius and narrative originality that makes Mark Twain's short fiction a cornerstone of the American literary tradition. Quirk's presentation of Twain's career as a writer of short fiction is complemented with selections of Twain's essays rounds out this balanced and informative work. Quirk's aim in Mark Twain: A Study of the Short Fiction is to provide a "descriptive account of Twain's imaginative energies and his literary development as they are revealed in his short fiction." His selections of Twain's writing provide excellent examples of the literary energy that Quirk so vividly describes.".
- catalog extent "xiv, 232 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Mark Twain.".
- catalog identifier "0805708677 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Mark Twain.".
- catalog isPartOf "Twayne's studies in short fiction ; no. 66".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "c1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York: Twayne Publishers ; London : Prentice Hall International,".
- catalog relation "Mark Twain.".
- catalog subject "813/.4 21".
- catalog subject "PS1338 .Q57 1997".
- catalog subject "Short story.".
- catalog subject "Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 Criticism and interpretation.".
- catalog tableOfContents "The Early Years, 1863-1873: Oral Tradition and the Individual Talent -- The Middle Years, 1874-1890: Literary Respectability and Social Responsibility -- The Late Years, 1891-1910: False Starts and Flights of Fancy -- Report to the Buffalo Female Academy -- Reply to the Editor of "The Art of Authorship" -- Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offences -- How to Tell a Story -- William Dean Howells -- William Dean Howells -- Louis J. Budd -- Don Florence -- Walter Blair -- Gregg Camfield -- Susan K. Harris.".
- catalog title "Mark Twain : a study of the short fiction / Tom Quirk.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".