Skandera-Trombley, Laura E.

Mark Twain in the company of women by Laura E Skandera-Trombley ( Book )
12 editions published between 1994 and 1997 in English and held by 1,466 libraries worldwide
The field of Mark Twain biography has been dominated by men, and Samuel Clemens himself - riverboat pilot, Western correspondent, silver prospector, world traveler - has been traditionally portrayed as a man's man. The publication of Laura E. Skandera-Trombley's Mark Twain in the Company of Women, however, marks a significant departure from conventional scholarship. Skandera-Trombley, the first woman to write a scholarly biography of Mark Twain, contends that Clemens intentionally surrounded himself with women, and that his capacity to produce extended fictions had almost as much to do with the environment shaped by his female family as with the talent and genius of the writer himself. Women helped Clemens to define his boundaries, both personal and literary. Women shaped his life, edited his books, and provided models for his fictional characters. Clemens read and corresponded with female authors, and often actively promoted their careers. Skandera-Trombley seeks to combine a biographical study of Clemens's life with his beloved wife, Olivia (Livy) Langdon, and their three daughters, Susy, Clara, and Jean, with new readings of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc. Several crucial areas are investigated: the nature of Clemens's family participation in his writing process, the degree to which their experiences as women during the mid- and late nineteenth century affected his writing, and the extent to which the loss of his family may have impeded and ultimately ended his ability to write lengthy narratives. Skandera-Trombley points out that in marrying Livy, Clemens not only joined a family of substantial means, but also entered one active in the suffragist, abolitionist, and other reformist movements, which had deep roots in the progressive community of Elmira, New York. Mark Twain in the Company of Women will be of interest to Twain scholars and readers as well as students in American studies, women's studies, nineteenth-century history, and political and cultural studies.

Constructing Mark Twain new directions in scholarship ( Book )
10 editions published between 2001 and 2002 in English and held by 746 libraries worldwide

Critical essays on Maxine Hong Kingston ( Book )
6 editions published in 1998 in English and held by 697 libraries worldwide

Mark Twain's other woman : the hidden story of his final years by Laura E Skandera-Trombley ( Book )
4 editions published between 2010 and 2011 in English and held by 669 libraries worldwide
The author tells the story of the relationship between Mark Twain and Isabel Van Kleek Lyon, Twain's personal secretary and nursemaid during his final years after the death of his wife.

Poetry and epistemology : turning points in the history of poetic knowledge : papers from the International Poetry Symposium, Eichstätt, 1983 by International Poetry Symposium ( Book )
2 editions published in 1986 in English and held by 79 libraries worldwide

The diaries of Adam end Eve by Mark Twain ( Book )
1 edition published in 1996 in English and held by 4 libraries worldwide

Constructing Mark Twain new directions in scholarship ( Book )
1 edition published in 2001 in English and held by 2 libraries worldwide

Constructing mark twain : new direction in scholarship by Laura E. Skandera Trombley ( Book )
1 edition published in 2011 in English and held by 1 library worldwide

A conversation with Maxine Hong Kingston by Maxine Hong Kingston ( Book )
in English and held by 1 library worldwide

Poetry and epistemology : turning points in the history of knowledge : papers from the by International poetry symposium ( Book )
1 edition published in 1986 in English and held by 1 library worldwide