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Preface; Chronology of Mark Twain's life; 1. Mark Twain as an Americanicon Louis J. Budd; 2. The innocent at large: Mark Twain's travelwriting Forrest G. Robinson; 3. Mark Twain and women Shelley FisherFishkin; 4. Mark Twain's civil war: humor's reconstructive writing NeilSchmitz; 5. Banned in Concord: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn andclassic American literature Myra Jehlen; 6. Black critics and MarkTwain D. L. Smith; 7. Mr Clemens and Jim Crow: Twain race and blackfaceEric Lott; 8. Speech acts and social action: Mark Twain and thepolitics of literary performance Evan Carton; 9. How the boss playedthe game: Twain's critique of imperialism in A Connecticut Yankee inKing Arthur's Court John Carlos Rowe; 10. Mark Twain's travels in theracial occult: Following the Equator and the dream tales Susan Gillman;11. Mark Twain's theology: the Gods of a Brevet presterian StanleyBrodwin; Further reading; Index.