Mark Twain: The Fate of Humor (Mark Twain and His Circle) - Softcover

Cox, James M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0826214282 ISBN 13: 9780826214287

Verlag: University of Missouri Press, 2002

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"One of the great strengths of James M. Cox's challenging study lies in his demonstration that Mark Twain' was not the writer's alter ego but a gesture, the meaning of which was to continue emerging through Samuel Clemens's life'. . . . On the identity of Mark Twain' and on other matters of primarily biographical interpretation, few scholars have been so illuminating."--"South Atlantic Quarterly" "This is the kind of book that reads as if the subject had scarcely been touched, a book that is at once wholly basic and wholly new."--"New England Quarterly" "Mr. Cox with few false steps has followed a difficult path to its inevitable conclusion, and has produced the most thoughtful--though serious--and most thought-provoking study of Mark Twain of his generation."--"Southern Review" "Professor Cox's study of Mark Twain and his writings is a major contribution to our understanding of America's most popular writer. On such perplexing biographical questions as Olivia Clemens's influence upon her husband's work, Cox is clear and convincing. On such thorny critical questions as the ending of Huckleberry Finn, ' the authority of the printed version of A Mysterious Stranger, ' and the appropriate form of presentation for the Autobiography, ' his opinions are judicious and authoritative. His book, however, deserves even higher praise, for it is something more than a study of one author; it is a model discussion of the psychology of humor. Its distinctions between humor and satire and its clarification of the relation between the humorous and what critics unthinkingly call the serious' will be of interest and value to every student of the comic."--"Virginia Quarterly Review" ""Mark Twain: The Fate of Humor" is . . . a model of literary criticism: sensitive, judicious, beautifully written. . . . He joins that small group of writers--Paine, Brooks, DeVoto, Smith, Andrews, Blair, Kaplan--who have contributed most to our understanding of Mark Twain."--"Nineteenth-Century Fiction" "Mark Twain: The Fate of Humor is . . . a model of literary criticism: sensitive, judicious, beautifully written. . . . He joins that small group of writers--Paine, Brooks, DeVoto, Smith, Andrews, Blair, Kaplan--who have contributed most to our understanding of Mark Twain."--Nineteenth-Century Fiction "Mr. Cox with few false steps has followed a difficult path to its inevitable conclusion, and has produced the most thoughtful--though serious--and most thought-provoking study of Mark Twain of his generation."--Southern Review "This is the kind of book that reads as if the subject had scarcely been touched, a book that is at once wholly basic and wholly new."--New England Quarterly "Professor Cox's study of Mark Twain and his writings is a major contribution to our understanding of America's most popular writer. On such perplexing biographical questions as Olivia Clemens's influence upon her husband's work, Cox is clear and convincing. On such thorny critical questions as the ending of Huckleberry Finn, ' the authority of the printed version of A Mysterious Stranger, ' and the appropriate form of presentation for the Autobiography, ' his opinions are judicious and authoritative. His book, however, deserves even higher praise, for it is something more than a study of one author; it is a model discussion of the psychology of humor. Its distinctions between humor and satire and its clarification of the relation between the humorous and what critics unthinkingly call the serious' will be of interest and value to every student of the comic."--Virginia Quarterly Review "One of the great strengths of James M. Cox's challenging study lies in his demonstration that Mark Twain' was not the writer's alter ego but a gesture, the meaning of which was to continue emerging through Samuel Clemens's life'. . . . On the identity of Mark Twain' and on other matters of primarily biographical interpretation, few scholars have been so illuminating."--South Atlantic Quarterly -Mark Twain: The Fate of Humor is . . . a model of literary criticism: sensitive, judicious, beautifully written. . . . He joins that small group of writers--Paine, Brooks, DeVoto, Smith, Andrews, Blair, Kaplan--who have contributed most to our understanding of Mark Twain.---Nineteenth-Century Fiction -Mr. Cox with few false steps has followed a difficult path to its inevitable conclusion, and has produced the most thoughtful--though serious--and most thought-provoking study of Mark Twain of his generation.---Southern Review -This is the kind of book that reads as if the subject had scarcely been touched, a book that is at once wholly basic and wholly new.---New England Quarterly -Professor Cox's study of Mark Twain and his writings is a major contribution to our understanding of America's most popular writer. On such perplexing biographical questions as Olivia Clemens's influence upon her husband's work, Cox is clear and convincing. On such thorny critical questions as the ending of Huckleberry Finn, ' the authority of the printed version of A Mysterious Stranger, ' and the appropriate form of presentation for the Autobiography, ' his opinions are judicious and authoritative. His book, however, deserves even higher praise, for it is something more than a study of one author; it is a model discussion of the psychology of humor. Its distinctions between humor and satire and its clarification of the relation between the humorous and what critics unthinkingly call the serious' will be of interest and value to every student of the comic.---Virginia Quarterly Review -One of the great strengths of James M. Cox's challenging study lies in his demonstration that Mark Twain' was not the writer's alter ego but a gesture, the meaning of which was to continue emerging through Samuel Clemens's life'. . . . On the identity of Mark Twain' and on other matters of primarily biographical interpretation, few scholars have been so illuminating.---South Atlantic Quarterly ""Mark Twain: The Fate of Humor" is . . . a model of literary criticism: sensitive, judicious, beautifully written. . . . He joins that small group of writers Paine, Brooks, DeVoto, Smith, Andrews, Blair, Kaplan who have contributed most to our understanding of Mark Twain." "Nineteenth-Century Fiction"" "Mr. Cox with few false steps has followed a difficult path to its inevitable conclusion, and has produced the most thoughtful though serious and most thought-provoking study of Mark Twain of his generation." "Southern Review"" "This is the kind of book that reads as if the subject had scarcely been touched, a book that is at once wholly basic and wholly new." "New England Quarterly"" "Professor Cox's study of Mark Twain and his writings is a major contribution to our understanding of America's most popular writer. On such perplexing biographical questions as Olivia Clemens's influence upon her husband's work, Cox is clear and convincing. On such thorny critical questions as the ending of Huckleberry Finn, ' the authority of the printed version of A Mysterious Stranger, ' and the appropriate form of presentation for the Autobiography, ' his opinions are judicious and authoritative. His book, however, deserves even higher praise, for it is something more than a study of one author; it is a model discussion of the psychology of humor. Its distinctions between humor and satire and its clarification of the relation between the humorous and what critics unthinkingly call the serious' will be of interest and value to every student of the comic." "Virginia Quarterly Review"" "One of the great strengths of James M. Cox's challenging study lies in his demonstration that Mark Twain' was not the writer's alter ego but a gesture, the meaning of which was to continue emerging through Samuel Clemens's life'. . . . On the identity of Mark Twain' and on other matters of primarily biographical interpretation, few scholars have been so illuminating." "South Atlantic Quarterly""

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In Mark Twain: The Fate of Humor James Cox analyzes the humor of the man known as Mark Twain. Now with a new introduction and an additional essay written as a follow-up to the book, Mark Twain shows all the facets of this complicated lecturer and performer. From the ""birth"" of Mark Twain to his visions in the 1900s of human existence as a state of slavery, Cox's work explores the very heart of the man who became the beloved sage of America, pursued by reporters and embraced by his countrymen.

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• Verlag: University of Missouri Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0826214282
• ISBN 13: 9780826214287
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 376