Contributor
De Koster, Katie, 1948-
Imprint:San Diego, CA : Greenhaven Press, c1999.
Description173 p. ; 23 cm.
Note:Mark Twain: a biography. - Why Tom Sawyer is an American masterpiece / Henry Seidel Canby. - The underlying structure of Tom Sawyer / Robert Keith Miller. - Creating well-rounded characters / Gladys Carmen Bellamy. - Shaping the manuscript / Bernard DeVoto. - Tom Sawyer: performer and chief entertainer / James M. Cox. - Tom exploits St. Petersburg's hypocrisy / Forrest G. Robinson. - An idealized relationship between individual and community / Thomas Blues. - A rite of passage / Kenneth S. Lynn. - A boy becomes a man / Walter Blair. - A celebration of innocence / William C. Spengemann. - Games of death / Harold Aspiz. - Childhood innocence can tranform the harsh adult world / James L. Johnson. - Tension over the changing American culture / Peter Messent. - An antisocial revolt / Maxwell Geismar. - A vacation for everyone / George P. Elliott.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 162-164) and index.
Bibliography Note:"Works by Mark Twain": p. 165-167.
