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A thorough review of all the major works of this great writer, with a critical analysis
By Henry Nash Smith (editor)

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9780139333170 | Prentice Hall Direct, June 1, 1963, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: A thorough review of all the major works of this great writer, with a critical analysis

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A critical evaluation and interpretation of the recurring themes in the works of the 20th century humorist

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9780805707281 | Twayne Pub, December 1, 1964, cover price $28.95 | About this edition: A critical evaluation and interpretation of the recurring themes in the works of the 20th century humorist

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9780808401742 | New College & Univ Pr, June 1, 1964, cover price $13.95 | About this edition: A critical evaluation and interpretation of the recurring themes in the works of the 20th century humorist.

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9780826214287 | Reprint edition (Univ of Missouri Pr, November 1, 2002), cover price $29.95
9780691013275 | Princeton Univ Pr, June 1, 1966, cover price $14.95

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9780870741050 | Revised edition (Southern Methodist Univ Pr, June 1, 1967), cover price $11.95

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Product Description: Literary Ctritic

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9780374969165 | Octagon Books, June 1, 1970, cover price $16.50 | About this edition: Literary Ctritic

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Product Description: 1961 Yale University Press. VG/A. Hardcover with tattered dj (chips, shelfwear, clipt). Book itself is not harmed.Old price ffep. No text marks. Private library.

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9780208008206 | Shoe String Pr Inc, June 1, 1970, cover price $27.50 | About this edition: 1961 Yale University Press.

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Product Description: Art Of James Thurber, The, by Tobias, Richard C.

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9780821400586 | Ohio Univ Pr, June 1, 1970, cover price $13.50 | About this edition: Art Of James Thurber, The, by Tobias, Richard C.

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Product Description: Signed and personalized note by the author. Hardcover with dust jacket. Author, Lewis Leary. Lightly tanned pages due to age of book. Total 229 pages. Printed in the USA. Louisiana state University Press, Baton Rouge, publisher...read more

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9780807109380 | Louisiana State Univ Pr, August 1, 1971, cover price $27.50 | About this edition: Signed and personalized note by the author.

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Forty-four litterateurs comment upon Twain's humor, narrative style, and social concerns
By David B. Kesterson (compiler)

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9780870242519 | Univ of Miami Pr, December 1, 1973, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Forty-four litterateurs comment upon Twain's humor, narrative style, and social concerns

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Product Description: John Barth is an amazingly versatile nov­elist who has attempted every imaginable fictional genre from word games to a tale told by a computer. Jac Tharpe’s brilliant analysis is the first and only comprehen­sive study to date to attempt to chart Barth’s philosophical, comic, and stylistic development...read more

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9780809307029 | Southern Illinois Univ Pr, November 1, 1974, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Assesses the novelist's development and achievement through an examination of his philosophical and comic vision and the individual novels as dramatizations of paradox through formal and stylistic transformations

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9780809308361 | Southern Illinois Univ Pr, August 1, 1977, cover price $6.95 | About this edition: John Barth is an amazingly versatile nov­elist who has attempted every imaginable fictional genre from word games to a tale told by a computer.

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Product Description: Literary criticism of Washington Irving's comedic writings.

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9780804691321 | Associated Faculty Pr Inc, April 1, 1976, cover price $23.50 | About this edition: Literary criticism of Washington Irving's comedic writings.

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Surveys Twain's achievements in the many modes and genres he assayed, examining new material and approaches and emphasizing the brilliance of Twain's shorter works

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9780195019933 | Oxford Univ Pr, April 1, 1976, cover price $22.50 | also contains Benedicti Regula: Editio Altera Emendata | About this edition: Surveys Twain's achievements in the many modes and genres he assayed, examining new material and approaches and emphasizing the brilliance of Twain's shorter works

Essays offer varying interpretations of eight of Twain's stories and discuss his writing style
By Elizabeth McMahan (editor)

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9780804692748 | Associated Faculty Pr Inc, June 1, 1981, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: Essays offer varying interpretations of eight of Twain's stories and discuss his writing style

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Traces Twain's life, discusses his major novels and writings, and assesses his place in American literature

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9780804426275 | Ungar Pub Co, October 1, 1983, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: Traces Twain's life, discusses his major novels and writings, and assesses his place in American literature

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9780804464963 | Ungar Pub Co, December 1, 1983, cover price $7.95

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Product Description: To find more information about Rowman and Littlefield titles, please visit www.rowmanlittlefield.com.
By Robert Giddings (editor)

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9780389205418 | Barnes & Noble Imports, June 1, 1985, cover price $52.50 | About this edition: To find more information about Rowman and Littlefield titles, please visit www.

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Product Description: Fantastic BOOK!

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9780816187218 | G K Hall, June 1, 1987, cover price $55.00 | About this edition: Fantastic BOOK!

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Product Description: From 1929 to the latest issue, American Literature has been the foremost journal expressing the findings of those who study our national literature. American Literature has published the best work of literary historians, critics, and bibliographers, ranging from the founders of discipline to the best current critics and researchers...read more
By Louis J. Budd (editor) and Edwin Harrison Cady (editor)

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9780822307594 | Duke Univ Pr, October 1, 1987, cover price $74.95 | About this edition: From 1929 to the latest issue, American Literature has been the foremost journal expressing the findings of those who study our national literature.

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Profiles the life and career of Samuel Clemens and analyzes his writings

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9780805775181 | Twayne Pub, May 1, 1988, cover price $57.00 | About this edition: Profiles the life and career of Samuel Clemens and analyzes his writings

Product Description: "Many persons have such a horror of being taken in," wrote P. T. Barnum, "that they believe themselves to be a sham and are continually humbugging themselves." Mark Twain enjoyed trading on that horror, as the many confidence men, assumed identities, and disguised characters in his fiction attest...read more

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9780226293868 | Univ of Chicago Pr, June 15, 1989, cover price $32.50 | About this edition: "Many persons have such a horror of being taken in," wrote P.

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9780226293875 | Univ of Chicago Pr, February 1, 1989, cover price $32.00

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9780271006505 | Pennsylvania State Univ Pr, January 1, 1990, cover price $53.95

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9780072851229, titled "Microsoft Asp.Net Step by Step" | Irwin Professional Pub, October 1, 2002, cover price $35.50 | also contains Microsoft Asp.Net Step by Step
9780271026527 | Pennsylvania State Univ Pr, February 1, 1990, cover price $35.95

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Product Description: Elaine Safer's critically acclaimed work analyzes how 20th century epic writers make ironic use of traditional themes and patterns to develop a new genre, the American comic epic novel. Illustrating practical criticism at its best, the book closely scrutinizes six modern comic novels from John Barth, Thomas Pynchon, William Gaddis , and Ken Kesey...read more

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9780814320501 | Reprint edition (Wayne State Univ Pr, June 1, 1990), cover price $18.95 | About this edition: Elaine Safer's critically acclaimed work analyzes how 20th century epic writers make ironic use of traditional themes and patterns to develop a new genre, the American comic epic novel.

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