Mark Twain Routledge Library Editions: The American Novel Series

Originally published in 1970. Mark Twain is generally known as a children?s writer. This serious and appreciative introduction by I. M. Walker shows that he is in fact a great writer who produced mature and developed literature. The study of his works is divided into five sections: the comic narrator; techniques of humour; character portrayal; style and description; and irony and satire.

Mark Twain: His Life and Works; Schemes of Extracts; The Comic Narrator; Techniques of Humour; Character Portrayal; Style and Description; Irony and Satire; Bibliography