The Introspective Art of Mark Twain by Prof. Douglas Anderson (English) Paperbac

Description: The Introspective Art of Mark Twain by Prof. Douglas Anderson, Douglas Anderson Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description "The Introspective Art of Mark Twain is a major new assessment of a towering American writer. Seeking to trace the development of Mark Twains imagination, Douglas Anderson begins near the end, with the long dialogue What Is Man? that Twain published anonymously in 1906. In Twains view, the little-read What Is Man? lies at the heart of his creative life. It is the central aesthetic testament that he employed to tell the story of his artistic evolution. Beginning there, Anderson follow the contours of that story as it unfolds over Twains career. The portrait that emerges ranges the full length of Twains writing life, drawing on his autobiographical and travel writings, essays, letters, and little known works, as well as his monumental works of literature, by now deeply embedded in the world literary canon. "Steer by the river in your head," Mark Twains master pilot, Horace Bixby, once advised him, when the opaque atmosphere of the outer world made it impossible to see the actual Mississippi through which Twain was trying to guide his steamboat. For the purposes of this book, the river in ones head is not a mental construct of the physical world but the riverine networks of consciousness itself: the river that is the mind. The detailed discussions of individual books that structure each chapter are meant to direct the attention of Mark Twains students and admirers, through inward rather than outward channels, toward a fuller appreciation for his legacy"-- Publisher Description The Introspective Art of Mark Twain is a major new assessment of a towering American writer. Seeking to trace the development of Mark Twains imagination, Douglas Anderson begins near the end of Twains life, with the long dialogue What Is Man? that Twain published anonymously in 1906. In Twains view, the little-read What Is Man? lies at the heart of his creative life. It is the central aesthetic testament that he employed to tell the story of his artistic evolution. Anderson follows the contours of that story as it unfolds over Twains career. The portrait that emerges addresses the full scope of Twains achievement, drawing on his autobiographical and travel writings, as well as the published and unpublished works of fiction that are by now deeply embedded in the world literary canon."Steer by the river in your head," Mark Twains master pilot, Horace Bixby, once advised him, when the opaque atmosphere of the outer world made it impossible to see the actual Mississippi through which Twain was trying to guide his steamboat. For the purposes of this book, the river in ones head is not a mental construct of the physical world but the riverine networks of consciousness itself: the river that is the mind. The detailed discussions of individual books that structure each chapter direct the attention of Mark Twains students and admirers, through inward rather than outward channels, toward a fuller appreciation for his legacy. Author Biography Douglas Anderson is the Sterling-Goodman Professor of English at University of Georgia, USA. His previous books include A House Undivided: Domesticity and Community in American Literature (1990), The Radical Enlightenments of Benjamin Franklin (1997), William Bradfords Books: Of Plimmoth Plantation and the Printed Word (2003), Pictures of Ascent in the Fiction of Edgar Allan Poe (2009), and The Unfinished Life of Benjamin Franklin (2012). Details ISBN 1501329545 ISBN-13 9781501329548 Title The Introspective Art of Mark Twain Author Prof. Douglas Anderson, Douglas Anderson Format Paperback Year 2017 Pages 296 Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing Plc GE_Item_ID:102373095; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! 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