A01=Mark Twain
adverse criticism
american humorist
Author_Mark Twain
autobiography
biographical
biography
burlesque
burlesque writing
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character
creative process
creative writing
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famous authors
fictional characters
indispensable evidence
literary criticism
literary letters
memoirs
novelist
public materials
samuel clemens
satire
social commentary
social critic
unpublished papers
us history
writing process
Product details
- ISBN 9780520010819
- Weight: 953g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 01 Dec 1966
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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From the Introduction:It should always be with some misgivings that an editor presents to the public materials which an author has discarded. By returning the materials to his files, the author has voted against publication. By resurrecting them, the editor risks exposing the author to the adverse criticism which he wished to avoid. But, at the same time, the resurrection serves a valuable purpose by making available indispensable evidence to be used by those seeking to understand the creative process. It is because they serve such a purpose that the texts published in this volume have been salvaged from Mark Twain's files. Indeed, they are doubly valuable because they aid in dispelling a myth about his own creative process which Twain himself did much to establish. In several instances Twain gave the impression that for him plotting a novel was a rather simple affair...But in actuality, as the texts published in this volume illustrate, he experienced much more trouble than this statement would suggest in delimiting his fictional world, establishing its nature, and maintaining control over the characters placed therin.
Mark Twain, born Samuel Langhorne Clemens, was an American humorist and writer, who is best known for his enduring novels The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, which has been called the Great American Novel.
