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Mark Twain: a collection of critical essays (Twentieth Century Views)
Mark Twain a collection of critical essays - Twentieth Century Views Author:Henry Nash Smith "The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and the lightning bug." — How effectively Mark Twain loosed the lightning of his pen is attested by the mass and variety of critical interpretation that has surrounded his work in recent decades. Today we see him as the able teller of tall tales w... more »ho used a shrewd pretense of illiteracy with resounding effect --- artful in his artlessness, penetrating in his apparent spontaneity and humorous exaggeration, he pierced to the social and moral core of nineteenth century America.« less