Mark Twain and the Critics, 1891-1910: Selected Notices of the Late Writings

by Gary Scharnhorst and Leslie Diane Myrick

Over the last twenty years of his life, Mark Twain was a controversial figure. He evolved from the "clown prince of American literature" into a biting social critic and political observer. While some pundits hailed him as a satirist equal to Cervantes and Jonathan Swift, others excoriated him as a "degenerate literary freak" who wielded a "scurrilous and venomous pen."

This volume traces the evolution of Mark Twain's public image between...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1476690642
• ISBN13: 9781476690643
• Release Date: January 2023
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.8" x 9.9"