Achilles and the Tortoise: Mark Twain's Fictions

by Clark Griffith

Covering the entire body of Mark Twain's fiction, Clark Griffith in Achilles and the Tortoise answers two questions: How did Mark Twain write? And why is he funny? Griffith defines and demonstrates Mark Twain's poetics and, in doing so, reveals Twain's ability to create and sustain human laughter.

Through a close reading of the fictions-short and long, early and late-Griffith contends that Mark Twain's strength lay not in comedy or in satire...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0817310398
• ISBN13: 9780817310394
• Release Date: February 2000
• Publisher: University Alabama Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"