| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 182 pages) |
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Mark Twain and his circle series |
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Mark Twain and his circle series.
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| Contents |
Misplaced sex -- Sarah Mary William George Elexender Peters -- Beneath the veil: Gender play in Pudd'nhead Wilson -- Troubling gender: Personal recollections of Joan of Arc -- Transvestite tales |
| Summary |
"Explores Mark Twain's use of cross-dressing across his career by exposing the cast of his characters who masqueraded as members of the opposite sex or who otherwise defied gender expectations. Morris grounds her study in an understanding of the era's theatrical cross-dressing and changing mores, and events in Clemens's own household"--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-176) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Characters.
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| SUBJECT |
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 fast |
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Twain, Mark. swd |
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Sex role in literature.
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American wit and humor -- 19th century -- History and criticism
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
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American wit and humor
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Characters and characteristics
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Sex role in literature
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Transvestitismus Motiv
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Geschlechterrolle Motiv
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Grenzüberschreitung
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Könsroller i litteraturen.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2007017493 |
| ISBN |
9780826266194 |
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0826266193 |
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