Mark Twain: Critical Assessments (Complete 4 Volume Set in Slip Case) by Hutchinson, Stuart - 1993

Helm Information. New in Fine dust jacket. 1993. Hardcover. 1873403097 . This specific set of 4 hardback books is in new condition with hard board covers that have sharp edges and corners and tight bindings. The pages are clean, crisp, unmarked and uncreased. The slip case is in fine condition with barely detectable wear if any. Due to the size and weight of this set of books, additional postage may be required for priority or international shipments. We package all books in custom cardboard book boxes for shipment and ship daily with tracking numbers.; "This is an attractively produced, 4-volume set, all contained in an attractive slip case, which brings together much of the most important biographical and critical material on Mark Twain. It begins with an introduction, a chronology of Twain's life, a list of his writings and a chronological list of criticism included in the set. Vol. 1 : Three Biographical Responses; Vol. 2 : Contemporary Reviews; CreativeWriters' Responses; Vol. 3 : Critical Essays; Vol. 4 : Twentieth Century Overview.. Volume I offers three essential biographies by William De Howells, Albert Bigelow Paine (secretary to Twain and to whom he dictated his autobiography in his final years), and his daughter, Clara Clemens. Volume II contains contemporary reviews and responses to Twain's work, arranged chronologically by title and concluding with a section of 42 essays revealing the responses of other creative writers including W.H. Auden, T.S. Eliot, William Faulkner, D. Lawrence, George Orwell, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Rudyard Kipling, Bernard Shaw,Thomas Wolfe, Norman Mailer, Ralph Ellison, Robert Penn Warren, Herman Wouk and Malcolm Bradbury. Volume III presents critical essays on all the essential works arranged chronologically by work. Prominence is given to major works such as The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Volume IV offers a twentieth-century overview of Twain covering such central themes as The Frontier and the West', 'Mark Twain's Burnout', 'The South, Slavery and Race', 'Mark Twain Sexuality', 'Mark Twain and Language'. It concludes with a number of general essays."; 10 X 6.50 X 4.30 inches; 1816 pages .