Mark Twain and Shakespeare: A Cultural LegacyUniversity Press of America, 1993 - 216 pagina's In this book, the author discusses Mark Twain's treatment of Shakespeare as a key factor in Twain's self-understanding and artistic development. The extensive and diverse treatment is broken down into four categories: biography, comedy, history, and tragedy. Berret demonstrates the influence of Hamlet on the classic Huckleberry Finn as well as the broader influences of Shakespeare's authorship in Twain's unique literary humor and personae. |
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... Elizabethan age and shortly after , and he included in his story a sufficient number of phrases and images from Hamlet - the hidden crime , the scholar's at- tempts at detection , the swearing to secrecy , the midnight watch on the ...
... Elizabethan age and shortly after , and he included in his story a sufficient number of phrases and images from Hamlet - the hidden crime , the scholar's at- tempts at detection , the swearing to secrecy , the midnight watch on the ...
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... Elizabethan literature and writing her book . After suffering from sickness , financial problems , and editors ' rejections , she finally saw her book published in April 1857 , mainly because of the moral and financial support of ...
... Elizabethan literature and writing her book . After suffering from sickness , financial problems , and editors ' rejections , she finally saw her book published in April 1857 , mainly because of the moral and financial support of ...
Pagina 115
... Elizabethan prose and blank verse which he heard in it must have increased his facility in imitating that style . There are also phrases from Shakespeare in it that Twain would certainly have recognized - Alas ! Poor Yorick , take ...
... Elizabethan prose and blank verse which he heard in it must have increased his facility in imitating that style . There are also phrases from Shakespeare in it that Twain would certainly have recognized - Alas ! Poor Yorick , take ...
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