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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Pagina 82
... burlesque speeches of Twain should be men- tioned . One is the rendition of Macbeth's " What man dare I dare " interrupted by piloting instructions , which Twain wrote for his last book , Is Shakespeare Dead ?, and which I have quoted ...
... burlesque speeches of Twain should be men- tioned . One is the rendition of Macbeth's " What man dare I dare " interrupted by piloting instructions , which Twain wrote for his last book , Is Shakespeare Dead ?, and which I have quoted ...
Pagina 144
... burlesque Hamlet during the same time that he was writing Tom Sawyer , ideas and scenes from the play were in the back of his mind and therefore available as sources . He might also have realized by working on his burlesque that ...
... burlesque Hamlet during the same time that he was writing Tom Sawyer , ideas and scenes from the play were in the back of his mind and therefore available as sources . He might also have realized by working on his burlesque that ...
Pagina 157
... burlesque handling of Shakespeare through the King and the Duke allowed him to use these paradigms without discarding either his own comic identity as Mark Twain or the realistic identity of his chosen narrator , Huck Finn . Yet these ...
... burlesque handling of Shakespeare through the King and the Duke allowed him to use these paradigms without discarding either his own comic identity as Mark Twain or the realistic identity of his chosen narrator , Huck Finn . Yet these ...
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