Joe B Fulton: 3 books
The Reconstruction of Mark Twain
How a Confederate Bushwhacker Became the Lincoln of Our Literature
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2011
When Confederate forces fired on Fort Sumter in April 1861, thousands of patriotic southerners rushed to enlist for the Confederate cause. Samuel Langhorne Clemens, who grew up in the border state of Missouri in a slave-holding family, was among them. Clemens, who later achieved fame as the writer...
Mark Twain in the Margins
The Quarry Farm Marginalia and a Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2014
The common characterization of Mark Twain as an uneducated and improvisational writer took hold largely because of the novelist's own frequent claims about his writing practices. But using recently discovered evidence--Twain's marginal notes in books he consulted as he worked on A Connecticut Yankee...
Mark Twain under Fire
Reception and Reputation, Criticism and Controversy, 1851-2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2018
Threatened by a rival editor brandishing a double-barreled shotgun, young Samuel Clemens had his first taste of literary criticism. Clemens began his long writing career penning satirical articles for his brother's newspaper in Hannibal, Missouri. His humor delighted everyone except his targets, and...