Mark Twain and Money: Language, Capital, and Culture

Contributor(s): Wonham, Henry B (Editor), Wonham, Henry B (Contribution by), Wonham, Henry B (Introduction by), Howe, Lawrence (Editor), Howe, Lawrence (Contribution by), Lee, Judith Yaross (Contribution by), Schiebe, Mark (Contribution by), Ryan, Ann M (Contribution by), Camfield, Gregg (Contribution by), Csicsila, Joseph (Contribution by), Weil, Susanne (Contribution by), Dixon, M Christine Benner (Contribution by), McCoy, Sharon (Contribution by), Hayes, Jonathan (Contribution by), Miller, Jeffery W (Contribution by), Howe, Lawrence (Other)

ISBN: 9780817319441

Publisher: University Alabama Press

Hardcover

$44.95

Pub Date: August 15, 2017

Dewey: 818.409

LCCN: 2017001116

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Illustrated, Index, Price on Product

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 1.10" H x 9.10" L x 6.30" W ( 1.35 lbs) 288 pages

BISAC Categories:

Biography and Autobiography | Literary Figures | Literary Criticism | American | General

Series: Studies in American Literary Realism and Naturalism

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description: Explores the importance of economics and prosperity throughout Samuel Clemens's writing and personal life

Review Quotes: "Mark Twain and Money is a provocative collection of essays on a subject that is both central to understanding Twain's life, thought, and writing, and, at the same time, focusing on an under-examined aspect of the man and his writing."
--Tom Quirk, author of Mark Twain and Human Nature and Mark Twain: A Study of the Short Fiction

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