Mark Twain and youth studies in his life and writings - Mac Donnell, Kevin B.; Rasmussen, R. Kent (London Bloomsbury Academic, 2016)
Mark Twain on youth and aging Holger Kersten -- "Same damned fools" : Mark Twain and the deceptive promise of youth Lawrence Berkove -- Children's literature in the nineteenth century Lucy E. Rollin -- Mark Twain's lifelong reading Alan Gribben -- Sam and his siblings Henry Sweets -- Sam and Livy as parents John Bird -- Langdon Clemens and The adventures of Tom Sawyer Joseph Csicsila -- Susy Clemens : defined by her death James Golden -- Clara Clemens : the "Bay" Cindy Lovell -- Jean Clemens : a family reclaimed Karen Lystra -- A dialogue on Mark Twain's autobiography Victor Fischer and Benjamin Griffin -- Sam's boyhood friends Henry Sweets -- Health, disease, and children K. Patrick Ober -- Mark Twain's angelfish Barbara Schmidt -- Early stories and sketches David E.E. Sloane -- The adventures of Tom Sawyer Peter Messent -- The prince and the pauper Hugh H. Davis -- Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Andrew Levy -- Pudd'nhead Wilson Debra Ann MacComb -- Personal recollections of Joan of Arc Ronald Jenn -- Gender bending as child's play Linda A. Morris -- Orphans and adoption Wendelinus Wurth -- Black and white youth in Mark Twain's Hannibal Shelley Fisher Fishkin -- Mark Twain and the movies Mark Dawidziak -- Mark Twain meets Generation Z Jocelyn A. Chadwick -- A secondary school perspective John R. Pascal.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Twain, Mark -- 1835-1910 -- Criticism and interpretation; Twain, Mark -- 1835-1910 -- Characters -- Children; Twain, Mark -- 1835-1910 -- Characters -- Youth; Twain, Mark -- 1835-1910 -- Childhood and youth; Twain, Mark -- 1835-1910 -- Family