Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 1 (eBook)

The Complete and Authoritative Edition

Mark Twain (Autor)

Harriet E. Smith, Benjamin Griffin, Victor Fischer, Michael Barry Frank (Herausgeber)

eBook Download: EPUB

2010
760 Seiten
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-94699-6 (ISBN)

Infos

Mark Twain's final and uncensored masterpiece, presented in three volumes, is a landmark publication in American literature.

“Twain will begin to seem strange again, alluring and still astonishing . . . in ways that still resonate with us.”—New York Times

“His crystalline humor and expansive range are a continuous source of delight and awe.”—Los Angeles Times Book Review

"I've struck it!" Mark Twain wrote in a 1904 letter to a friend. "And I will give it away—to you. You will never know how much enjoyment you have lost until you get to dictating your autobiography." Thus, after dozens of false starts and hundreds of pages, Twain embarked on his "Final (and Right) Plan" for telling the story of his life. His innovative notion—to "talk only about the thing which interests you for the moment"—meant that his thoughts could range freely. The strict instruction that many of these texts remain unpublished for 100 years meant that when they came out, he would be "dead, and unaware, and indifferent," and that he was therefore free to speak his "whole frank mind." The year 2010 marks the 100th anniversary of Twain's death. In celebration of this important milestone and in honor of the cherished tradition of publishing Mark Twain's works, UC Press is proud to offer for the first time Mark Twain's uncensored autobiography in its entirety and exactly as he left it. This major literary event brings to readers, admirers, and scholars the first of three volumes and presents Mark Twain's authentic and unsuppressed voice, brimming with humor, ideas, and opinions, and speaking clearly from the grave as he intended.

Editors:

Harriet E. Smith, Benjamin Griffin, Victor Fischer, Michael B. Frank, Sharon K. Goetz, Leslie Myrick

Inhalt

Acknowledgments
Introduction

AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN
An Early Attempt
My Autobiography [Random Extracts from It]
The Latest Attempt
The Final (and Right) Plan
Preface. As from the Grave
The Florentine Dictations
Autobiographical Dictations, January–March 1906

Appendix: Preliminary Manuscripts and Dictations
Samuel L. Clemens: A Brief Chronology
Family Biographies
References
Excerpt from Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 2

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.11.2010
• Reihe/Serie: Mark Twain Papers
• Reihe/Serie: Mark Twain Papers
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
• Schlagworte: 19th century • 19th century American author • 20th century • 20th century authors • Adventures • American • American authors • american lit • American South • Autobiography • Bestseller • classics • Coming of Age • critic • Critics • engaging • famous authors • free thoughts • Historical • Huckleberry Finn • Humorist • life journey • life lessons • Life Story • Literary • Literary criticism • literary icon • lively • Mark Twain • Memoir • Nonfiction • opinionated • Page Turner • public figure • ron chernow • Samuel Clemens life story • South • students and teachers • Tom Swayer • twain scholars • uncensored
• ISBN-10: 0-520-94699-5 / 0520946995
• ISBN-13: 978-0-520-94699-6 / 9780520946996