ImprintPhiladelphia : Chelsea House Publishers, c2000.
Description104 p. ; 23 cm.
Note: ContentBiography of Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) -- [pt. 1]. Plot summary of The adventures of Tom Sawyer -- List of characters in The adventures of Tom Sawyer -- Critical views on The adventures of Tom Sawyer: -- Fred G. See on Tom and children's literature -- John R. Byers Jr. on the relevance of "Boy's Manuscript" -- Elizabeth G. Peck on St. Petersburg's adult world -- Trygve Thoreson on Aunt Polly's predicament -- Hamlin L. Hill on Twain's plan for Tom Sawyer -- [pt. 2]. Plot summary of The adventures of Huckleberry Finn -- List of characters in The adventures of Huckleberry Finn -- Critical views on The adventures of Huckleberry Finn: -- Forrest G. Robinson on Huck's loneliness -- Norris W. Yates on Huck's struggle with conscience -- Joseph Sawicki on the ending of Huckleberry Finn -- Barry A. Marks on Huckleberry Finn as a tall tale -- William L. Andrews on the smallpox lie -- Christopher Sten on the importance of night in Huckleberry Finn -- Leslie A. Fielder on the comparison between Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer -- [pt. 3]. Plot summary of A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court -- List of characters in A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court -- Critical views on A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court: -- Susan K. Harris on Hank Morgan's alienation from society -- John Carlos Rowe on Twain's anti-imperialism -- Chadwick Hansen on the Yankee's personality -- Howard G. Baetzhold on Twain's early ideas for A Connecticut Yankee -- Leslie C. Kordecki on the use of romance and its problems in A Connecticut Yankee -- Stephen Thomas Knight on Twain's juxtaposition of medieval and modern practices -- [pt. 4]. Plot summary of Pudd'nhead Wilson -- List of characters in Pudd'nhead Wilson -- Critical views on Pudd'nhead Wilson: -- Stanley Brodwin on Pudd'nhead Wilson and the fall of man -- Albert E. Stone on children in Pudd'nhead Wilson -- Susan K. Gillman and Robert L. Patten on twinning and identity confusion in Twain's works -- James E. Caron on the importance of the aphorisms in Pudd'nhead Wilson -- James W. Gargano on the comic triumph of Pudd'nhead Wilson -- Sherley Anne Williams on the historical commentary in Pudd'nhead Wilson.
ISBN:0791052567
