David A. Levy

Mark Twain

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The life and writings of a beloved American writer illuminate the Gilded Age and reveal his ambivalence toward the changes wrought by industry and wealth.Like the steamboat on which Mark Twain adopted his pen name, the industrial growth that swept America in the latter half of the nineteenth century prompted Americans to react variously with delight, awe, fear, excitement for the future, and nostalgia for a simpler time. David Levy's biography places Mark Twain and his work in the context of sweeping societal changes: westward expansion, the Civil War, American imperialism,the end of slavery and start of a new chapter in race relations, and t… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-205-55375-4
EAN: 9780205553754
Produktnummer: 6714358
Verlag: Pearson Academic
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
Seitenangabe: 192 S.
Masse: 230 g
Gewicht: 230

Über den Autor

David W. Levy is David Ross Boyd Professor of American History, Emeritus, at the University of Oklahoma, where he won the Regents' Award for Superior Teaching and the Student Association's prize for outstanding teacher. He specializes in American intellectual history. He has authored or co-edited ten books, including The Debate Over Vietnam (JHU Press, 1991), FDR's Fireside Chats (Penguin, 1993), and a new edition of William Dean Howells's 1894 novel A Traveler from Altruria (St. Martin's, 1996).