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Mark Twain - Biography and Criticism

Mrs. Noselli                                                                            January 2013

REFERENCE SOURCES

REF 809 LIT                          Literature and Its Times. Vol 2 *
REF 809.2 BEA                     Beacham's Encyclopedia of Popular Fiction
REF 809.3 NOV                    Novels for Students. Vol. 1 
REF 810.9 AME                   American Writers : a collection of literary biographies *
REF 810.9 CYC                    Cyclopedia of Young Adult Authors
REF 818 RAS                       Mark Twain: A to Z
REF 820.09 WRI                  Writers for Young Adults. Supplement 1
REF 920 AUT                        Authors and Artists for Young Adults
REF 920 ENC                        Encyclopedia of World Biography

SUBJECT HEADINGS

Finn, Huckleberry (Fictitious Character)

Twain, Mark, 1835-1910

Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 - Criticism and Interpretation

 

NONFICTION SOURCES

813 HUC                                    Huck Finn

813 TWA                                    Understanding Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
813 REA                                    Readings on the Adventures of Tom Sawyer

813.4 TWA                                Understanding Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
818 MAR                                   Mark Twain

B TWA                                       Dangerous Water

B TWA                                       The Innocents Abroad

B TWA                                       Mark Twain



ONLINE SUBSCRIPTION SOURCES
(Use passwords from database brochure to access away from school)
 
InfoTrac - Biography in Context

InfoTrac - Literary Criticism Select

Literary Reference Center (within EBSCO)

Gale Virtual Reference Library **

NetTrekker
 

WEBSITES


Washington State University - American Literature
(especially good discussion of Realism)
http://www.wsu.edu/~campbelld/amlit/litfram.html

PAL: Perspectives in American Literature - A Research and Reference Guide
Mark Twain
http://www.csustan.edu/english/reuben/pal/chap5/twain.html

 

Mark Twain on PBS

http://www.pbs.org/marktwain/

The Mark Twain House, Hartford
History and information for visiting Mark Twain’s home in Hartford, CT.
http://www.marktwainhouse.org/

The Mark Twain Project, Bancroft Library
A comprehensive archive of Sam Clemens’ personal letters and papers.
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/BANC/MTP/

Mark Twain in His Times
An interpretive archive from the resources at the University of Virginia.
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/railton/index2.html

The Mark Twain Boyhood Home and Museum, Hannibal
Visit Hannibal, Missouri, where Sam Clemens and other children who influenced characters in Tom Sawyer grew up.
http://www.marktwainmuseum.org/

PBS Online NewsHour: Mark Twain, A Special Report
Meet University of Virginia Professor Stephen Railton and learn how Twain’s newest story finally made it to print. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/media/twain/index.html/


Realism : http://www.wsu.edu/~campbelld/amlit/litfram.html (University of Washington)

Reviews of  Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/railton/huckfinn/hucrevhp.html (University of Virginia site)
 
Archetypes: 
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/railton/about/sitesearchf.html
 
http://people.sinclair.edu/mildredmelendez/docs/267/archetype.pdf
 
 
Last Modified on January 31, 2013