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Dickens and Twain : capturing 19th century Britain and America

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  • Author: Shutt, Timothy Baker
    Contributor: Recorded Books, LLC.; Crescite Group, LLC.; OneClick Digital (Firm)
    Edition: Unabridged
    Date:
    Created
    2013
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    Copyrighted
    2013
    Summary:

    Shutt delivers a thought-provoking exploration of the worlds of two of the greatest authors of the 19th century: Mark Twain and Charles Dickens. Although these literary giants lived on opposite sides of the Atlantic, fascinating comparisons can be made in their use of language, humor, evocation of character, and evaluation of the social world.

    Contents:
    • Introduction
    • The life of Charles Dickens
    • The life of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, aka Mark Twain
    • Autobiography and childhood: Mark Twain, Tom Sawyer, and Huckleberry Finn
    • Autobiography and childhood: Charles Dickens, David Copperfield
    • Twain and Dickens: visions of society
    • Twain and Dickens: moral and religious vision
    • Twain and Dickens: women, sexuality, and final assessment.
    Genre:
    Literary arts
    Subject(s): American literature | Comparative literature--American and English | Comparative literature--English and American | Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 | England | Social conditions | Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 | United States
    Original Publisher: Prince Frederick, MD, [Prince Frederick, Md.], Recorded Books, [Distributed by] OneClick Digital
    Language(s): English
    ISBN: 9781470346645