{"product_id":"my-mark-twain-reminiscences-and-criticisms-paperback-1","title":"My Mark Twain: Reminiscences and Criticisms - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWilliam Dean Howells\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMarilyn Austin Baldwin\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor more than forty years William Dean Howells counted Mark Twain among his closest friends. Howells knew all the great men of American literature during the last half of the nineteenth century. In his acquaintance were Longfellow, Emerson, Lowell, Holmes, and a long list of other sages, poets, novelists, and critics. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"They were like on another and like other literary men,\" Howells wrote, \"but Clemens was sole, incomparable, the Lincoln of our literature.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMark Twin's death on April 21, 1910, moved Howells to record his memories of the man he felt \"pervaded\" the era \"almost more than any other man of letters.\" His reminiscences were published in \u003ci\u003eHarper's Monthly \u003c\/i\u003eand subsequently put into book form along with twelve pieces of Howells' criticism of Mark Twain's work. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is the first new edition of the book since the original printing in 1910. Both the sketch and the essays have been annotated to give the reader a full appreciation of Mark Twain's growth as a writer and Howells' increasing awareness of his friends' greatness. The notes identify and explain the literary issues, the people, places, and events to which Howells alludes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe long friendship between Howells and Mark Twain fostered innumerable visits, extensive correspondence, joint literary projects, and often humorous escapades. To a great degree Howells identified with Clemens. Both men were of midwestern origin and came from similar backgrounds. They encountered literary Boston together. Both experienced domestic tragedy. The immediacy of \u003ci\u003eMy Mark Twain\u003c\/i\u003e affords the reader a rare and intimate picture of Mark Twain and indirectly, of Howells.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarilyn Austin Baldwin is a former English instructor at Augusta College. She holds a B.A. degree from Indiana University and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Rutgers University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 190\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.48 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 1999\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52703890833715,"sku":"9780807101254","price":55.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/BfcD1Y_Elt9780807101254_512e9824-8cd2-4528-844c-b1e98bb375f3.webp?v=1763344600","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/my-mark-twain-reminiscences-and-criticisms-paperback-1","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}