Mark twain biography amazon
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?[T]here are very few in-depth biographical coverages that reveal Mark Twain's personal life.
Mark twain biography amazon Top reviews from United Kingdom. Mark Twain was always nostalgic about his childhood and in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer was published, based on his own experiences. Twain left a literary canon of nearly 50 books, hundreds of short stories and essays, and a veritable treasury of quotable epigrams. When one considers the complexity of Twain, the volume and variety of his writing, his many accomplishments, and his impact on literature, the task of condensing his life is daunting, yet Connie Ann Kirk has done so very effectively.Biographer Connie Kirk uses established Twain resources and adds new research and perspectives gleaned from Twain's personal letters and her discussions with family members: the result is an in-depth modern survey of Twain for new students of his work.?-MBR Internet Bookwatch
?Kirk has very carefully tempered Twain's biography with just enough literary criticism and modern scholarship to be informative to high school readers without burdening them with the material they may not be prepared to understand.?-Mark Twain Forum
?Kirk successfully navigates between those pitfalls to create a short biography that is entertaining to read and still presents a rather thorough picture of Twain.
She accomplishes this with a careful mixture of the sketchy and the detailed.?-Mark Twain Forum
?When one considers the complexity of Twain, the volume and variety of his writing, his many accomplishments, and his impact on literature, the task of condensing his life is daunting, yet Connie Ann Kirk has done so very effectively. Her biography of Twain is a straightforward chronological narrative of his life presented in six chapters starting with an introduction to the man and the author.?-Mark Twain Forum
"ÝT¨here are very few in-depth biographical coverages that reveal Mark Twain's personal life.
Biographer Connie Kirk uses established Twain resources and adds new research and perspectives gleaned from Twain's personal letters and her discussions with family members: the result is an in-depth modern survey of Twain for new students of his work."-MBR Internet Bookwatch
"[T]here are very few in-depth biographical coverages that reveal Mark Twain's personal life.
Biographer Connie Kirk uses established Twain resources and adds new research and perspectives gleaned from Twain's personal letters and her discussions with family members: the result is an in-depth modern survey of Twain for new students of his work."-MBR Internet Bookwatch
"Kirk has very carefully tempered Twain's biography with just enough literary criticism and modern scholarship to be informative to high school readers without burdening them with the material they may not be prepared to understand."-Mark Twain Forum
"Kirk successfully navigates between those pitfalls to create a short biography that is entertaining to read and still presents a rather thorough picture of Twain.
She accomplishes this with a careful mixture of the sketchy and the detailed."-Mark Twain Forum
"When one considers the complexity of Twain, the volume and variety of his writing, his many accomplishments, and his impact on literature, the task of condensing his life is daunting, yet Connie Ann Kirk has done so very effectively.
Her biography of Twain is a straightforward chronological narrative of his life presented in six chapters starting with an introduction to the man and the author."-Mark Twain Forum
About the Author
CONNIE ANN KIRK is an author and independent scholar specializing in American and children's literature and the poet, Emily Dickinson.
Her books from Greenwood Press include: J.K. Rowling: A Biography, Emily Dickinson: A Biography, Mark Twain: A Biography, Sylvia Plath: A Biography, and The Companion to American Children's Picture Books.