Readings on The adventures of Tom Sawyer / Katie de Koster, book editor.
Series: The Greenhaven Press literary companion to American literaturePublication details: San Diego, CA : Greenhaven Press, c1999.Description: 173 p. ; 23 cmISBN:- 1565108450 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 1565108442 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)
- 813/.4 21
- PS1306 .R43 1999
Item type | Current library | Home library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Books - Adult | John Steinbeck Library | John Steinbeck Library | Adult Books | Non-Fiction | 813.4 REA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 33550008700978 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 162-164) and index.
"Works by Mark Twain": p. 165-167.
The art of the novelist : creating Tom Sawyer. Why Tom Sawyer is an American masterpiece / by Henry Seidel Canby -- The underlying structure of Tom Sawyer / by Robert Keith Miller -- Creating well-rounded characters / by Gladys Carmen Bellamy -- Shaping the manuscript / by Bernard DeVoto -- The individual and the community in Tom Sawyer's world. Tom Sawyer : performer and chief entertainer / by James M. Cox -- Tom exploits St. Petersburg's hypocrisy / by Forrest G. Robinson -- An idealized relationship between individual and community / by Thomas Blues -- A rite of passage / by Kenneth S. Lynn -- Themes in Tom Sawyer. A boy becomes a man / by Walter Blair -- A celebration of innocence / by William C. Spengemann -- Games of death / by Harold Aspiz -- Childhood innocence can transform the harsh adult world / by James L. Johnson -- Tension over the changing American culture / by Peter Messent -- An antisocial revolt / by Maxwell Geismar -- A vacation for everyone / by George P. Elliott.
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