- Author: Richard S. Lowry
- Published Date: 01 Jul 1996
- Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
- Original Languages: English
- Book Format: Hardback::188 pages
- ISBN10: 0195102126
- ISBN13: 9780195102123
- Publication City/Country: New York, United States
- Dimension: 166x 244x 20mm::528g
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"So she invites her father and sister to a second day's dinner (if those sides, or ontrys, as she calls 'em, weren't served yesterday, I'm d -d), and to meet City folks and littery men, and keeps the Earls and the Ladies, and the Honourables to herself. Mark Twain had a biographical life, but it is a life of a public image, not a flesh and blood man" (x). Hoffman therefore places Clemens, and not his double, at the center of the book, suggesting that this fact makes his text an improvement over Albert Bigelow Paine's Mark Twain: A Biography (1912) and Justin Kaplan's Mr. Clemens and Mark Twain In Littery Man, Richard Lowry examines a range of Twain's major works to show how the writer strove to establish his authority over the course of his career. For Lowry, Samuel Clemens's supreme fiction and most explicitly artful performance was Mark Twain The Photographer and the President: Abraham Lincoln, Alexander Gardner, and the Images that Made a Presidency Written Richard Lowry. A new angle on Lincoln and his legacy, exploring the rich and suggestive dialogue between art, image, and politics at the time of the Civil War. Reviewed John Sherman In his book, "Littery Man": Mark Twain and Modern Authorship, Richard S. Lowry describes Samuel Clemens's career as Mark Twain. He traces Twain's literary career from his first books Innocents Abroad and Roughing It on through to his later works, such as Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Rich Lowry is Professor of English and Film & Media Studies. He has written on Mark Twain, Lewis Hine, and most recently on Alexander Gardner's photographs of Abraham Lincoln in The Photographer and the President. His areas of specialization include nineteenth- and twentieth-century American literature and cultural studies, visual culture (especially photography) and American studies. In "Littery Man", Richard Lowry examines how Twain used these conflicts in his major texts to fashion an "autobiography of authorship," a narrative of his own claims to literary authority at that moment when the American Writer emerged as a profession. Littery Man:Mark Twain and Modern Authorship. Richard S. Lowry. College of William and Mary.Follow this and additional works at: 1. Introduction To truly understand and appreciate an author's literary works, readers will find it beneficial to know the author's life. As will become apparent in this study, knowledge of Mark Twain's personal and professional life experiences can enable readers to discern and decipher the relevance, poignancy and overall significance of particular characters and details created in Mark Littery Man": Mark Twain and Modern Authorship (Commonwealth Center Studies in American Culture) Lowry, Richard S. And a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at REVIEW. Lowry, Richard S. "Littery Man": Mark Twain and Modern Authorship. Mark Twain in the Culture of Performance, where Mark Twain is less performer than performance.) Richard Lowry takes a moderate approach to authorship as a social phenomenon, insisting on "historicity of 'the literary'" but also seeing Mark Twain as an active operator As Mark Twain, Samuel Clemens straddled the conflicts between culture and commerce that characterized the era he named the Gilded Age. In "Littery Man", Richard Lowry examines how Twain used these conflicts in his major texts to fashion an "autobiography of authorship," a narrative of Richard S. Lowry.9780195102123 Hardcover 27 June 1996 Commonwealth Center Studies in American Culture. Signs of Diaspora / Diaspora of Signs. Literacies, Creolization, and Vernacular Practice in highlighting this very modern aspect of such a storied presidency, Lowry opens a new door on Lincoln s relationship to politics and celebrity just as the mass His books include Littery Man: Mark Twain and Modern Authorship, and works on photographers A.J. Russell and Lewis Hine. Users Review. As Mark Twain, Samuel Clemens became one of America's first modern celebrities, successfully straddling the conflicts between culture and commerce. Twain manipulated the cultural outlets of his day, not only through publication of his diverse novels, but through newspapers, magazines, book reviews, advertising, and his popular performances and readings. Mark Twain - Notebook #18, Feb. - Sept. 1879 "All modern American literature comes from one book Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn. If you read it you must stop where the Nigger Jim is stolen from the boys. That is the real end. The rest is just cheating. But it's the best book we've had. All American writing comes from that. "Littery man":Mark Twain and modern authorship Richard S. Lowry Oxford University Press 1996 Commonwealth Center studies in American culture 23 J-GLOBAL researchmap Google Scholar Google 21st Century Learning Environments-[OECD].pdf 111 Use of Books Study: Online Texts. As part of a major research program, the Libraries are studying scholars' use of books. Please assist in this research answering these few questions. If you do so, we will give you a chance in our monthly raffle for $50 copycards as a token of our appreciation. Details are at the end of the questionnaire. A fundamental reason for Mark Twain's struggles in writing stems from his writerly strategies. Mark Twain was more of an intuitive writer than someone who was conscious about literary form. His sense of authorial identity was connected to his practical problems of writing, especially because he had a sense of his audience. He searched this sole form to differentiate his works from others. Mark Twain >Mark Twain (1835-1910), American humorist and novelist, captured a world >audience with stories of boyhood adventure and with commentary on man's >shortcomings that is humorous even while it probes, often bitterly, the >roots of human behavior. As Mark Twain, Samuel Clemens became one of America's first modern celebrities, successfully straddling the conflicts between culture and commerce. Twain Get the best deals on Ex-Library Books Mark Twain when you shop the largest online selection at Browse your favorite brands affordable prices free shipping on many items. Littery Man:Mark Twain and Modern Authorship (Commonwealth Center Studies in the History of American Culture) As Mark Twain, Samuel Clemens straddled the conflicts between culture and commerce that characterized the era he named the Gilded Age. A self-styled "American vandal" who pursued literary celebrity with "a mercenary eye" even as genteel America proclaimed him the American Rabelais, Samuel Clemens, as Mark Twain, straddled the conflicts between culture and commerce that characterized the era he named the Gilded Age. Nineteenth- and Twentieth-century American literature and cultural studies, visual culture (especially photography), American studies Lowry, Richard S. The Photographer and the President: Abraham Lincoln, Alexander Gardner, and the Images That Made a Request PDF on ResearchGate | Mark Twain and Male Friendship: The Twichell, Howells, and Rogers Friendships | A study of male friendship in America in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth 'Littery Man': Mark Twain and Modern Authorship (Commonwealth Center Studies in American Culture, Oxford University Press, 1996) offers a more insightful view of Clemens' strategies for manipulating the literary marketplace than Hoffman is able to muster. As Mark Twain, Samuel Clemens straddled the conflicts between culture and commerce that characterized the era he named the Gilded Age. In Littery Man, Richard Lowry examines how Twain used these conflicts in his major texts to fashion an autobiography of authorship, a narrative of his own claims to literary authority at that moment when the American Writer emerged as a profession. Littery Man: Mark Twain and Modern Authorship. Summary Note: summary text provided external source. AsMark Twain, Samuel Clemens straddled the conflicts between culture and commerce that characterized the era he named the Gilded Age. In"Littery Man", Richard Lowry examines how Twain used these conflicts in his major texts to fashion an Richard Lowry is an award-winning teacher of English and film and media studies at the College of William & Mary. His books include Littery Man: Mark Twain and Modern Authorship, and works on photographers A.J. Russell and Lewis Hine. More about Richard Lowry As Mark Twain, Samuel Clemens became one of America's first modern celebrities. This work examines Twain's writings to show how the writer strove to establish his authority over the course of his career and argues that Samuel Clemens' supreme fiction performance was Mark Twain. "Littery Man": Mark Twain and Modern Authorship (Commonwealth Center Studies in American Culture) (9780195102123): Richard S. Lowry: The Trouble Begins at Eight: Mark Twain's Lecture Tours. Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1968. Lowry, Richard S. "Littery Man": Mark Twain and Modern Authorship. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996. Lynn, Kenneth S. Mark Twain and Southwest Humor. Boston: Little, Brown, 1959. Macnaughton, William R. Mark Twain's Last Years as a Writer Littery Man: Mark Twain and Modern Authorship. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996. Lystra, Karen. Dangerous Intimacy: The Untold Story of Mark Twain's Final Years. University of California, 2004. Messent, Peter. 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