{"product_id":"mark-twain-as-a-literary-artist-paperback","title":"Mark Twain as a Literary Artist - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGladys Carmen Bellamy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMark Twain has been the subject of violent disagreement among critics. Most of them have believed that he was an \"unconscious artist,\" working by impulse. \u003ci\u003eMark Twain as a Literary Artist\u003c\/i\u003e shows that Mark Twain was much more the conscious craftsman than is generally believed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere is revealed Twain's violent mental conflict, a logical dilemma, which forced much of his work into distorted patterns of thought and structure. Through years of practice he evolved methods to achieve detachment through techniques such as speaking through the lips of Huckleberry Finn or some other childlike person; placing satiric scenes far off in time or space; diminishing the human race to microscopic proportions so that its wrongs could be treated with detachment; and reducing life to a dream in which the greatest wrongs become tolerable because they seem unreal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMark Twain as a Literary Artist\u003c\/i\u003e is a mature, thorough, and revealing reassessment of the mind and methods of one of the most controversial figures in American literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 440\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.97 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 27, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43154851725375,"sku":"9780806143309","price":64.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/cE5X8Orjwh9780806143309.webp?v=1776959986","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/mark-twain-as-a-literary-artist-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}