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Title
Pudd'nhead Wilson
Type
Text
Monograph
Multimedia
Contribution
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 (Author)
Griffin, Benjamin, 1968- (Editor)
Subject
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910. Pudd'nhead Wilson--History and criticism. (LCSH)
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910. Those extraordinary twins--History and criticism. (LCSH)
Infants switched at birth--Fiction (LCSH)
Passing (Identity)--Fiction (LCSH)
Trials (Murder)--Fiction (LCSH)
Race relations--Fiction (LCSH)
Language
English
Classification
LCC: PS1317.A2 (Assigner: dlc) (Status: used by assigner)
DDC: 813/.4 full (Assigner: dlc)(Source: 23/eng/20230720)
Supplementary Content
bibliography
Content
text
Summary
"Mark Twain's story of the antebellum South, first published in 1894, continues to prompt conversations about race and the dire legacy of American slavery. At its heart is Roxy, a mixed-race woman enslaved to a wealthy Missouri family. To save her infant son (whose father was white) from being 'sold down the river,' Roxy switches him in the cradle with her master's own son, setting in motion a train of ironic and bitter events. With its mixture of farce, social commentary, tragedy, and satire, Pudd'nhead Wilson has come to be one of Mark Twain's most read and most studied works. But few have read the original Pudd'nhead Wilson. The text familiar since 1894, as editor Benjamin Griffin shows, was heavily edited and censored--first by the author himself under pressure from family and friends, and then by his publishers. Now the Mark Twain Project makes available the full text of the Morgan Library manuscript (the original version), together with a critical text of the revised version, stripped of the changes imposed by Mark Twain's editors and publishers--two fascinating ways to encounter this troubled and troubling novel"-- Provided by publisher.
Table Of Contents
About the texts in this volume
Abbreviations used in this volume
Offensive language in Pudd'nhead Wilson
Pudd'nhead Wilson : a tale : the Morgan Manuscript version
Pudd'nhead Wilson : a tale : the revised version
Those extraordinary twins : a postscript to Pudd'nhead Wilson
Explanatory notes
Appendix A : MS Berg : contents and numbering
Appendix B : MS Morgan : contents and numbering
Appendix C : Mark Twain's working notes
Appendix D : Pudd'nhead Wilson's calendar for 1894
Appendix E : Contract with the American Publishing Company
Appendix F : American Publishing Company advertising flyer
Appendix G : Illustrating Pudd'nhead Wilson
Appendix H : ["The Man with Negro Blood"]
Introduction
Textual apparatus
Note on texts
Guide to the textual apparatus
Description of source documents
Emendations and historical collections
Word division in this volume.
Authorized Access Point
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 Pudd'nhead Wilson
Admin Metadata
Generation Process: DLC marc2bibframe2 v2.5.0
Status: changed
Encoding Level: prepublication
Identified By: bf:Local, 23237070
Change Date: 2023-07-20T14:47:21
Creation Date: 2023-05-26
Description Language: English
Description Authentication: Program for Cooperative Cataloging
Assigner: United States, Library of Congress