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Mark Twain
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ISBN: 1280427787 0198038062 1602566968 9780198038061 0195184858 9780195184853 0195170199 0199924007 0197725155 Year: 2023 Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press,

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Marzer Ziff considers Mark Twain's career and his works in the context of the literary and social culture of his time and his own ambiguous attitude towards his fame as a humorist.


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Mark Twain, Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes, and the head readers : literature, humor, and faddish phrenology
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ISBN: 1009301284 1009301306 100930125X 1009301292 Year: 2023 Publisher: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press,

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Having a phrenological 'head reading' was one of the most significant fads of the nineteenth century - a means for better knowing oneself and a guide for self-improvement. Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) had a lifelong yet long overlooked interest in phrenology, the pseudoscience claiming to correlate skull features with specialized brain areas and higher mental traits. Twain's books are laced with phrenological terms and concepts, and he lampooned the head readers in Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. He was influenced by Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes, who also used his humor to assail head readers and educate the public. Finger shows that both humorists accepted certain features of phrenology, but not their skull-based ideas. By examining a fascinating topic at the intersection of literature and the history of neuroscience, this engaging study will appeal to readers interested in phrenology, science, medicine, American history, and the lives and works of Twain and Holmes.

Mark Twain and the art of the tall tale
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ISBN: 128044262X 1423736923 0195360192 1601298994 9781423736929 9781601298997 9780195078015 0195078012 9781280442629 0195078012 9780195360196 0197725147 Year: 2023 Publisher: New York ; Oxford University Press,

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This study examines the oral genre of the tall tale as manipulated and embellished in the writing career of Mark Twain. Offering insight into the works of a major American author, the book also sheds light on an important American comic tradition.

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