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Writing “Huck Finn”: Mark Twain’s Creative Process.
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1991.
Norton, Charles A.
Writing “Tom Sawyer”: The Adventures of a Classic.
Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1983.
Scharnhorst, Gary, ed.
Critical Essays on “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.”
New York: G. K. Hall, 1993.
Interpretative and Scholarly Studies
Budd, Louis J.
Mark Twain, Social Philosopher.
Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1962.
Covici, Pascal, Jr.
Mark Twain’s Humor: The Image of a World.
Dallas, TX: Southern Methodist University Press, 1962.
Cox, James M.
Mark Twain: The Fate of Humor.
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1966.
DeVoto, Bernard.
Mark Twain’s America.
Boston: Little, Brown, 1932. Reprinted in
Mark Twain’s America, and Mark Twain at Work.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1967.
Fishkin, Shelley Fisher, ed.
A Historical Guide to Mark Twain.
Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2002.
—.
Was Huck Black? Mark Twain and African-American Voices.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1993.
Foner, Philip S.
Mark Twain: Social Critic.
New York: International Publishers, 1958.
Gibson, William M.
The Art of Mark Twain.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1976.
Harris, Susan K.
Mark Twain’s Escape from Time: A Study of Patterns and Images.
Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1982.
Lynn, Kenneth.
Mark Twain and Southwestern Humor.
Boston: Little, Brown, 1959.
Michelson, Bruce.
Mark Twain on the Loose: A Comic Writer and the American Self.
Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1995.
Robinson, Forrest, ed.
The Cambridge Companion to Mark Twain.
Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1995.
Scott, Arthur L., ed.
Mark Twain: Selected Criticism.
Revised edition. Dallas, TX: Southern Methodist University Press, 1967.
Sloane, David E. E., ed.
Mark Twain’s Humor: Critical Essays.
New York: Garland Publishers, 1993.
Smith, Henry Nash.
Mark Twain: The Development of a Writer.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1962; Atheneum, 1967.
Stone, Albert E., Jr.
The Innocent Eye: Childhood in Mark Twain’s Imagination.
New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1961.
Sundquist, Eric J., ed.
Mark Twain: A Collection of Critical Essays. Englewood
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Mark Twain and the Art of the Tall Tale.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1993.
a
Short jacket.
b
the Devil.
c
Short for allow; here meaning “assert.”
d
Act in a cunning manner.
e
Cent pieces.
f
Wooden protective structure surrounding a tree trunk.
g
Popular song in the 1840s, originally a minstrel song.
h
Marble.
i
Short for “alabaster,” an especially desirable marble.
j
Large “shooting” marble.
k
Appeared in view (a riverboat expression).
l
‘“Starboard” is the right side; “drawing nine feet of water” refers to the flotation depth of a boat; the “hurricane deck” was the upper deck of a riverboat.
m
“Headway” is the remaining space ahead of a boat; “Ship up to back!” is the command to stop and reverse the sidewheels (paddle wheels on the sides of a riverboat) before backing toward the wharf
n
“Your outside” refers to the outer sidewheel; a “bight” is a loop; the “stage” is the gangplank.
o
Small, lyre-shaped musical instrument, placed between the teeth and plucked with a finger to produce a twanging sound.
p
Tax or exert himself.
q
Sofa to the rear of the pulpit.
r
Dressed in fine summer clothing, usually of linen or cotton.
s
Thrust before them as an example.
t
Roll their eyes.
u
Box that contains caps for a rifle of percussion-lock construction.
v
Snap made when the finger is released from the thumb, as when shooting a spitball.
w
Large barrels.
x
Rainwater that gathers in a hollowed-out stump.
y
Flat stick or ruler used for punishing children.
z
It’s a deal.
aa
Cowardly
ab
Tom misunderstands the meaning of “backhanded.”
ac
Small insect, especially a beetle, that produces a ticking sound said to portend death.
ad
Screeching.
ae
Extension or wing at right angles to the main structure of a house.
af
Reprobate.
ag
Slang for “doctor” or “surgeon.”
ah
Isn’t convincing.
ai
Red chalk for marking rough objects such as lumber.
aj
That is, verdigris; a green, poisonous pigment that forms on brass, copper, and bronze.
ak
Stream.
al
Ignore, or dismiss, her. See Shakespeare’s
Othello
(act 3, scene 3), in which Othello says of Desdemona “I’d whistle her off, and let her down the wind / To prey at fortune.”
am
Ointment known for its healing properties.
an
Baths taken while sitting down in the tub; thought to have curative powers.
ao
Bed curtain.
ap
Bully, badger.
aq
Melody for the Doxology, otherwise known as “Praise God.”
ar
Deceived.
as
Usually spelled Milam; a dessert apple.
at
Revealing herself.
au
To commence.
av
Drunk.
aw
Schoolmaster.
ax
A phrase from Shakespeare’s
Hamlet
(act 3, scene 1), in which Ophelia laments Hamlet’s madness: “Th’ observ’d of all observers, quite, quite down!”
ay
Ceiling hatch to the attic.
az
“Scientist” who claimed the ability to read people’s characters from the shape of their skulls.
ba
Hypnotist.
bb
Richard III, king of England (1483-1485).
bc
Groom a person.
bd
Fine person.
be
Glasses.
bf
Great amounts.
bg
Fevers.
bh
Loot or plunder.
bi
Pair.
bj
Dilapidated.
bk
Set of steps for climbing over a fence or wall.
bl
Share.
bm
It’s a deal.
bn
Depart.
bo
Yawn.
bp
Leave.
bq
Splinters or fragments.
br
Dragged.
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