Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

Mark Twain Bernard L. Stein (Redaktør) Daniel Carter Beard (Illustratør) Henry Nash Smith (Introduksjon)

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This is a small sampling of Mark Twain's life-long fulminations against the editors, printers, and proofreaders who, subtly or grossly, altered his work and shrouded his intentions as they transmitted his writing from manuscript to type. Through unauthorized changes and inadvertent erros, Mark Twain's first publishers brought out texts full of thousands of errors in form and content. Later publishers then based their reprints on these corrupt editions and added errors of their own. It is the aim of the Iowa-California edition to strip away this accretion of error and present texts faithful to the author's intention. By comparing all the life-time versions of Mark Twain's works, the editors are able to isolate the author's revisions from the printer's and publishers' changes. The record of this comparison supplies not only the evidence for editorial decisions, but also the history of the author's efforts to shape his work. In addition, these volumes included previously uncollected work, work that has long been out of print, and such unpublished writing as related drafts, working notes, and marginalia.
The texts are established at the Center for Textual Studies at the University of Iowa or at the Mark Twain Papers in The Bancroft Library at the University of California, Berkeley.

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Mark Twain has gone down in history as one of the greatest writers that the USA has yet produced. His masterworks and best known books are normally thought to be "Tom Sawyer", and in particular "Huckleberry Finn", yet this novel does not fade in their company! If you like books full of sweetness and light this probably isn't for you. I think it may well be the ultimate novel of black humour! The basic plot is simple; a Yankee from the 19th century is somehow transported back in time to 6th century Arthurian England. Being unhappy with the way things work there he uses his more advanced knowledge and understanding to set himself up as Arthur's right hand man and "improve" the society by introducing 19th century technology and practices. I truly cannot praise this novel enough, I find it brilliant and entertaining to no end! The writing style is genius, the plot highly original, and the book itself a classic!

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Forlag: University of California Press
Innbinding: Innbundet
Språk: Engelsk
ISBN: 9780520036215
Utgivelsesår: 1979
Format: 23 x 15 cm

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Bernard L. Stein was until recently an editor on the staff of the Mark Twain Papers in The Bancroft Library at the University of California, Berkeley. Henry Nash Smith is Professor Emeritus of English at the University of California, Berkeley.

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chemist – 29.07.2010

– Mark Twain has gone down in history as one of the greatest writers that the USA has yet produced. His masterworks and best known books are normally thought to be "Tom Sawyer", and in particular "Huckleberry Finn", yet this novel does not fade in their company! If you like books full of sweetness and light this probably isn't for you. I think it may well be the ultimate novel of black humour! The basic plot is simple; a Yankee from the 19th century is somehow transported back in time to 6th century Arthurian England. Being unhappy with the way things work there he uses his more advanced knowledge and understanding to set himself up as Arthur's right hand man and "improve" the society by introducing 19th century technology and practices. I truly cannot praise this novel enough, I find it brilliant and entertaining to no end! The writing style is genius, the plot highly original, and the book itself a classic!