Mark Twain in the Margins: The Quarry Farm Marginalia and a Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

by Joe Fulton and Joe B. Fulton

Book Overview

The common characterization of Mark Twain as an uneducated and improvisational writer took hold largely because of the novelist's own frequent claims about his writing practices. But using recently discovered evidence--Twain's marginal notes in books he consulted as he worked on A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court --Joe Fulton argues for a reconsideration of scholarly views about Twain's writing process, showing that this great American author...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0817310339
• ISBN13: 9780817310332
• Release Date: August 2000
• Publisher: University Alabama Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"