A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's court
Twain, Mark, 1835-19101997
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When A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court was published in 1889, Mark Twain was undergoing a series of personal and professional crises. Thus what began as a literary burlesque of British chivalry and culture grew into a disturbing satire of modern technology and social thought. The story of Hank Morgan, a nineteenth-century American who is accidentally returned to sixth-century England, is a powerful analysis of such issues as monarchy versus democracy and free will versus determinism, but it is also one of Twain's finest comic novels, still fresh and funny after more than 100 years. In his Introduction M. Thomas Inge shows how A Connecticut Yankee develops from comedy to tragedy and so into a novel that remains a major literary and cultural text for new generations of readers. This edition reproduces a number of the original drawings by Dan Beard, of whom Twain said 'he not only illustrates the text but he illustrates my thoughts.'
Main title:
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's court / Mark Twain ; edited with an introduction and notes by M. Thomas Inge.
Imprint:
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.
Collation:
xxv, 360 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
0192827219 (alk paper)0192839020
Dewey class:
813.4813.4
LC class:
PS1308.
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
141815
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| NORTH RYDE | ADULT FICTION | F TWAIClassics | Onloan - Due: 13 Apr 2026 |
| RYDE | ADULT FICTION | F TWAIClassics | Available |