(Hardback)

This first annotated guide devoted entirely to American humor magazines and periodicals provides a comprehensive survey of a genre that has both enriched and reflected American mores, popular culture, and literature for over two hundred years.

(Hardback)

An examination of the humour and humanity in Mark Twain's short stories, travel narratives and five novels. A biographical account traces Twain's life, and then the text discusses his writing's thematic concerns, plot structure, character development and historical background.