Autor: Scharnhorst Gary Scharnhorst

The great writer s irascible wit shines in this comprehensive collection Mark Twain: The Complete Interviews is an annotated and indexed scholarly edition of every known interview with Mark Twain. In …

Considers Gilman s place in American literary and social history by examining her relationships to other prominent intellectuals of her era By placing Charlotte Perkins Gilman in the company of her c …

Sinclair Lewis Remembered is a collection of reminiscences and memoirs by contemporaries, friends, and associates of Lewis that offers a revealing and intimate portrait of this complex and significan …

Twain scholar Michael J. Kiskis opens this fascinating new exploration of Twain with the observation that most readers have no idea that Samuel Clemens was the father of four and that he lived throug …

A compelling critical investigation into Gilman s conception of setting and place Charlotte Perkins Gilman and a Woman s Place in America is a pioneering collection that probes how depictions of spac …

Never one to suffer fools gladly, especially if they wore crinolines, Mark Twain lost as many friends as he made, and he targeted them all indiscriminately. The first major American writer born west …

This book begins the first multi-volume biography of Samuel Clemens to appear in over a century. In the succeeding years, Clemens biographers have either tailored their narratives to fit the paramete …

Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2020The second volume of Gary Scharnhorst s three-volume biography chronicles the life of Samuel Langhorne Clemens between his move with his family from Buffalo …

This is a comprehensive collection of authentic recipes, some 500 in all, for drinks and dishes that more than 150 American authors since the late 18th century are known to have enjoyed. The book sho …

Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2023In the final volume of his three-volume biography, Gary Scharnhorst chronicles the life of Samuel Langhorne Clemens from his family s extended trip to Europe …

Over the last twenty years of his life, Mark Twain was a controversial figure. He evolved from the "clown prince of American literature" into a biting social critic and political observer. …

Better known in 1882 as a cultural icon than a serious writer, Oscar Wilde was brought to North America for a major lecture tour on Aestheticism and the decorative arts. With characteristic aplomb, h …

Julian Hawthorne (1846-1934), Nathaniel Hawthorne’s only son, lived a long and influential life marked by bad circumstances and worse choices. Raised among luminaries such as Thoreau, Emerson, and th …

The first book-length treatment of Mark Twain’s public persona as depicted in newspaper and magazine illustrations Cartoons and Caricatures of Mark Twain in Context: Reformer and Social Critic, 1869 …