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Author: Mark Twain ,
Robin Field
Publisher: Mission Audio
Imprint: Mission Audio
ISBN: 9798200521951
Publication Date: 01 November 2012
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Format: Audio
Publisher's Status: Active
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[An] audiobook is an enjoyable way to experience one of Twain's last autobiographical writings. -- Kevin McConnell, in The Mark Twain Forum One of his least well received and most misunderstood works. -- Leslie Fiedler, award-winning literary critic Twain was up to something more than flimsy literary criticism. He was using the debate over Shakespeare's real identity to satirize prejudice, intolerance, and self-importance--in himself as well as others.... But after his passionate diatribe against the 'Stratfordolators' and his vigorous support of the Baconians, he cheerfully admits that both sides are built on inference. Leaving no doubt about his satirical intent, Twain then gleefully subverts his entire argument. After seeming to be a serious, even angry, combatant, he denies that he intended to convince anyone that Shakespeare was not the real author of his works. -- Karen Lystra, author of Dangerous Intimacy: The Untold Story of Mark Twain's Final Years
"""[An] audiobook is an enjoyable way to experience one of Twain's last autobiographical writings."" -- ""Kevin McConnell, in The Mark Twain Forum"" ""One of his least well received and most misunderstood works."" -- ""Leslie Fiedler, award-winning literary critic"" ""Twain was up to something more than flimsy literary criticism. He was using the debate over Shakespeare's real identity to satirize prejudice, intolerance, and self-importance--in himself as well as others.... But after his passionate diatribe against the 'Stratfordolators' and his vigorous support of the Baconians, he cheerfully admits that both sides are built on inference. Leaving no doubt about his satirical intent, Twain then gleefully subverts his entire argument. After seeming to be a serious, even angry, combatant, he denies that he intended to convince anyone that Shakespeare was not the real author of his works."" -- ""Karen Lystra, author of Dangerous Intimacy: The Untold Story of Mark Twain's Final Years"""
Author Information
Mark Twain (1835-1910) was born Samuel L. Clemens in the town of Florida, Missouri. One of the most popular and influential authors our nation has ever produced, his keen wit and incisive satire earned him praise from both critics and peers. He has been called not only the greatest humorist of his age but also the father of American literature. Robin Field is the AudioFile Earphones Award-winning narrator of numerous audiobooks, as well as an award-winning actor, singer, writer, and lyricist whose career has spanned six decades. He has starred on and off Broadway, headlined at Carnegie Hall, authored numerous musical reviews, and hosted or performed on a number of television and radio programs over the years.
