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Works of Mark Twain: Critical Comment and Essay Questions

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From: Monarch Notes
Date: 19630101
Author:Twain, Mark

Twain, Mark
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
Critical Comment and Essay Questions

Critical Comment On The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer

The best recent criticism of Tom Sawyer has been directed toward
illuminating Mark Twain's literary craftsmanship and understanding the sources
of some of the details and techniques Twain used in writing the novel. Tom
Sawyer is studied as an example of Twain's work before he began writing the
triumph of his career, Huckleberry Finn.

In his excellent study, Mark Twain and Huckleberry Finn, Walter Blair
includes a chapter which gives a good general summary of Twain's ...

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