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 147
... scene like this in Tom Sawyer . It was Twain's creative habit to repeat and further explore such scenes in his fiction . As we progress we shall see more instances of this in connection with the " swearing " scene and with other scenes ...
... scene like this in Tom Sawyer . It was Twain's creative habit to repeat and further explore such scenes in his fiction . As we progress we shall see more instances of this in connection with the " swearing " scene and with other scenes ...
Pagina 165
... scenes , and the middle play and soliloquy scenes , the final episodes of Huckle- berry Finn at the Phelps farm seem again to parallel Hamlet . In each story an earlier character returns to precipitate the action . Tom Sawyer shows up ...
... scenes , and the middle play and soliloquy scenes , the final episodes of Huckle- berry Finn at the Phelps farm seem again to parallel Hamlet . In each story an earlier character returns to precipitate the action . Tom Sawyer shows up ...
Pagina 169
... scenes are performed in comic fashion , and by their paradigmatic connection with other scenes in the novel . It is significant too that Shakespeare is fragmented into brief scenes from different plays , much like the lines from ...
... scenes are performed in comic fashion , and by their paradigmatic connection with other scenes in the novel . It is significant too that Shakespeare is fragmented into brief scenes from different plays , much like the lines from ...
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