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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... thought and technique between Bacon's book and Twain's later works , the question of whether Twain actually read her book still remains unanswered . An- other way of establishing some familiarity with her book on Twain's part , besides ...
... thought and technique between Bacon's book and Twain's later works , the question of whether Twain actually read her book still remains unanswered . An- other way of establishing some familiarity with her book on Twain's part , besides ...
Pagina 43
... thought I would depart and go abroad into the world some- where . " 47 Here he expresses more than the need to escape from an editors ' feud in Virginia City . He wants to advance , to go to San Francisco , to see the world , and ...
... thought I would depart and go abroad into the world some- where . " 47 Here he expresses more than the need to escape from an editors ' feud in Virginia City . He wants to advance , to go to San Francisco , to see the world , and ...
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... thought " ( III , i , 83-85 ) , he says something that Huck too might say in his own idiom , and in fact does say in his garbled rendition of the soliloquy : " And thus the native hue of resolution , like the poor cat i ' the adage ...
... thought " ( III , i , 83-85 ) , he says something that Huck too might say in his own idiom , and in fact does say in his garbled rendition of the soliloquy : " And thus the native hue of resolution , like the poor cat i ' the adage ...
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