| Description |
1 online resource (249 pages) |
| Series |
Jumping frogs ; 1 |
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Twain, Mark, 1835-1910.
Jumping frogs ; 1.
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| Contents |
Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Foreword; Is He Dead?; ACT I.; ACT II.; ACT III.; Afterword; Notes; Acknowledgments |
| Summary |
The University of California Press is delighted to announce the new publication of this three-act play by one of America's most important and well-loved writers. A highly entertaining comedy that has never appeared in print or on stage, Is He Dead? is finally available to the wide audience Mark Twain wished it to reach. Written in 1898 in Vienna as Twain emerged from one of the deepest depressions of his life, the play shows its author's superb gift for humor operating at its most energetic. The text of Is He Dead?, based on the manuscript in the Mark Twain Papers, appears here together with a |
| Analysis |
america |
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american drama |
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american literature |
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american theater |
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art and literature |
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burlesque |
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comedy theater |
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comedy |
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deception |
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famous authors |
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farce |
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harebrained schemes |
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humor |
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humorists |
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illustrated |
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literary criticism |
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literary icons |
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live entertainment |
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manuscript |
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men and women |
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modern audiences |
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performing arts |
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playwrights |
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social commentary |
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social satire |
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stage play |
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theatrical productions |
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twain scholars |
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world market |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Artists -- Drama
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Death -- Drama
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DRAMA -- American.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
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Artists
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Death
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| SUBJECT |
Barbizon (France) -- Drama
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| Subject |
France -- Barbizon
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| Genre/Form |
Drama
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Comedies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Fishkin, Shelley Fisher
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Moser, Barry
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| ISBN |
9780520939899 |
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0520939891 |
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