
| 本书的作者彼得·梅森特是研究现代美国文学的著名学者,他在书中简洁精要地介绍了吐温的生平,勾勒出吐温生活的时代,涉及到读者最为关心的一些基本议题,如吐温对内战和奴隶制的态度、吐温晚年对帝国主义的激烈批评、他的创作手法的主要特点、如何理解和把握吐温式幽默。他还重点评介了吐温最有影响的几部代表作,如我国读者都很熟悉的《汤姆·索耶历险记》和《哈克贝里·费恩历险记》。最后,本书辑选了部分精要的评论以及吐温后期的写作。 |
| Preface Note on referencing 1 Mark Twain's life The early life River boating, the Civil War, the West Early success, marriage, the Hartford years Expatriation, financial loss, family tragedy The final years 2 Contexts Samuel Langhorne Clemens and 'Mark Twain' 3 Works Twain's humour Travel and travel writing: Innocents Abroad, A Tramp Abroad, Roughing It, Life on the Mississippi Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn A Connecticut Yankee and Pudd'nhead Wilson 4 Critical reception and the late works Notes Guide to further reading Index |
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