The Adventures of Tom Sawyer /
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer / Mark Twain ; edited with an introduction and notes by Lee Clark Mitchell. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1998. - xli, 251 p. ; 20 cm.
Reissue. Originally published: 1993.
Includes bibliography: p. xxxvii-xxxix.
Introduction; Note on the text; Select bibliography; A chronology of Mark Twain; The Adventures of Tom Sawyer; Explanatory notes.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) is Mark Twain's most popular book, and its hero is a national icon, celebrated as a distinctively American figure both at home and abroad. Tom Sawyer's bold spirit, winsome smile, and inventive solutions to the problems of everyday life in fictional St Petersburg - whether getting his friends to whitewash a fence for him, or escaping the demands of his vigilant Aunt Polly - have won him the hearts of generations. The very success of the novel has obscured its contradictions and the extent to which the author's response to contemporary cultural developments was a mixed one. Tom Sawyer is not only a deft comedy and a powerful celebration of childhood. It also reflects how Mark Twain was in the process of finding his distinctive voice, a voice with which he could express the conflicts he felt about coming of age in America.
0192833898 (pbk)
PS1306 / .T836 1993
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer / Mark Twain ; edited with an introduction and notes by Lee Clark Mitchell. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1998. - xli, 251 p. ; 20 cm.
Reissue. Originally published: 1993.
Includes bibliography: p. xxxvii-xxxix.
Introduction; Note on the text; Select bibliography; A chronology of Mark Twain; The Adventures of Tom Sawyer; Explanatory notes.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) is Mark Twain's most popular book, and its hero is a national icon, celebrated as a distinctively American figure both at home and abroad. Tom Sawyer's bold spirit, winsome smile, and inventive solutions to the problems of everyday life in fictional St Petersburg - whether getting his friends to whitewash a fence for him, or escaping the demands of his vigilant Aunt Polly - have won him the hearts of generations. The very success of the novel has obscured its contradictions and the extent to which the author's response to contemporary cultural developments was a mixed one. Tom Sawyer is not only a deft comedy and a powerful celebration of childhood. It also reflects how Mark Twain was in the process of finding his distinctive voice, a voice with which he could express the conflicts he felt about coming of age in America.
0192833898 (pbk)
PS1306 / .T836 1993