Gender play in Mark Twain [electronic resource] : cross-dressing and transgression / Linda A. Morris.
By: Morris, Linda.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
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BookSeries: Mark Twain and his circle series: Publisher: Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2007Description: xii, 182 p. ; 24 cm.Subject(s): Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Criticism and interpretation | Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Characters | Sex role in literature | American wit and humor -- 19th century -- History and criticismGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 818/.409 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view Summary: "Explores Mark Twain's use of cross-dressing across his career by exposing the cast of his characters who masqueraded as members of the opposite sex or who otherwise defied gender expectations. Morris grounds her study in an understanding of the era's theatrical cross-dressing and changing mores, and events in Clemens's own household"--Provided by publisher.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-176) and index.
"Explores Mark Twain's use of cross-dressing across his career by exposing the cast of his characters who masqueraded as members of the opposite sex or who otherwise defied gender expectations. Morris grounds her study in an understanding of the era's theatrical cross-dressing and changing mores, and events in Clemens's own household"--Provided by publisher.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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