Mark Twain and Male Friendship: The Twichell, Howells, and Rogers Friendships

by Peter Messent

Book Overview

Biographies of America's greatest humorist abound, but none have charted the overall influence of the key male friendships that profoundly informed his life and work. Combining biography, literary history, and gender studies, Mark Twain and Male Friendship presents a welcome new perspective as it examines three vastly different friendships and the stamp they left on Samuel Clemens's life.

With accessible prose informed by impressive research,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199964106
• ISBN13: 9780199964109
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"