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The life and work of Mark Twain, [writer], Stephen Railton ; the Teaching Company Limited Partnership ; producer, James Blandford ; director, Tom Dunton

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The life and work of Mark Twain, [writer], Stephen Railton ; the Teaching Company Limited Partnership ; producer, James Blandford ; director, Tom Dunton
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Main title
The life and work of Mark Twain
Oclc number
310114206
Responsibility statement
[writer], Stephen Railton ; the Teaching Company Limited Partnership ; producer, James Blandford ; director, Tom Dunton
Runtime
720
Series statement
The Great courses
Summary
Professor Stephen Railton of the University of Virginia explores the private persona behind the public figure through literary analysis of some of his Mark Twain's most representative works. A series of 24 lectures on a college course level
Table Of Contents
pt. I, disc 1. Needing no introduction? -- From Samuel Clemens to Mark Twain -- The sense of Mark Twain's humor -- Marketing Twain -- Innocents abroad, I: going East -- Innocents abroad, II: traveling to unlearn -- pt. I, disc 2. Roughing it: going West -- The lecture tours -- The Whittier after-dinner speech -- "Old times on the Mississippi" -- The adventures of Tom Sawyer -- The performances of Tom Sawyer -- pt. II, disc 3. Huck Finn, I: defining an American voice -- Huck Finn, II: the quest for freedom -- Huck Finn, III: the great American novel? -- Huck Finn, IV: Classrooms and controversy -- Connecticut Yankee, I: unwriting the Middle Ages -- Connecticut Yankee, II: revisiting the 19th century -- pt. II, disc 4. Connecticut Yankee, III: the quest for status -- Pudd'nhead Wilson: fictions of law and custom -- Anti-imperialist works -- Late Twain in public -- Late Twain in private -- Sam Clemens is dead/Long live Mark Twain
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
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Life & work of Mark Twain
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