The Birds and Beasts of Mark Twain - James Branch Cabell - Grāmatas - University of Oklahoma Press - 9780806111209 - 2012. gada 17. augusts
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One volume coverage of Twain's treatment of the ever-popular subject of animals, which includes original paintings and drawings by well-known New England artist Robert Roche.


Publisher Marketing: Long before moving pictures were invented, youngsters from eight to eighty were being charmed by a special kind of animated cartoon--the word sketches of Mark Twain. His descriptions and episodes involving animals have all the life of a Walt Disney production with the added advantage of the great wit and artistry of Twain's prose--something which could never be captured in pictures alone. A Mark Twain sketch may begin as an ordinary cartoon: a camel eating the author's coat. You can "see" the scene, and it's very funny: the camel "opening and closing his eyes in a kind of religious ecstasy, as if he had never tasted anything as good as an overcoat before in his life." But then comes the Twain touch. The camel finds some newspaper correspondence, starts to eat it, and "dies a death of indescribable agony, choking on one of the mildest and gentlest statements of fact that I ever laid before a trusting public."Over and over again, Twain goes beyond mere humor to turn his portraits into truthful, though sometimes unflattering, insights into the world and human nature. For most of Twain's animals are "as human as you be."

Contributor Bio:  Rodney, Robert M Minnie M. Brashear was a professor of English at the University of Missouri and coeditor with Robert M. Rodney of "The Birds and Beasts of Mark Twain" (1966), also published by the University of Oklahoma Press. Rodney was professor of English at Northern Illinois University. Contributor Bio:  Brashear, Minnie M Minnie M. Brashear was a professor of English at the University of Missouri and coeditor with Robert M. Rodney of "The Birds and Beasts of Mark Twain" (1966), also published by the University of Oklahoma Press. Rodney was professor of English at Northern Illinois University. Contributor Bio:  Roche, Robert M Minnie M. Brashear was a professor of English at the UniversRobert Roche is known for his animal paintings and his portrity of Missouri and coeditor with Robert M. Rodney of "The Baits of famous Americans such as Eleanor Roosevelt. irds and Beasts of Mark Twain" (1966), also published by the University of Oklahoma Press. Rodney was professor of English at Northern Illinois University. Contributor Bio:  Roche, Robert Roche is a doctor of psychology. He works with a network of specialists from a number of universities involved in promoting prosocial intervention.

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Izlaists 2012. gada 17. augusts
ISBN13 9780806111209
Izdevēji University of Oklahoma Press
Lapas 138
Izmēri 152 × 229 × 9 mm   ·   206 g
Valoda Angļu  
Redaktors Brashear, Minnie M.
Redaktors Rodney, Robert M.

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