{"product_id":"mark-twain-on-the-loose-a-comic-writer-and-the-american-self-9780870239670","title":"Mark Twain on the Loose: A Comic Writer and the American Self","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Bruce Michelson\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: University of Massachusetts Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: American - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCan we rediscover the wildness in Mark Twain's humor? Can we understand how that wildness helped make him a national legend and a key figure in the expression of an American self? Bruce Michelson writes about Twain as a body of literature, as a public personality, and as a myth. He shows that many of Twain's most ambitious and memorable works, from the very beginning to the end of his career, express a drive for absolute liberation from every social, psychological, and artistic limit. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe outrageous and anarchic sides of Twain play a vital role in his art. But these traits are undervalued even by his admirers, who often favor clean shapes and steady affirmations in Twain's writing - not the dangerous comic outbreak, or the deep yearning to free the self from every definition and confinement. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eReviewing works from a wide range of Twain's writings, Michelson brings to light those wild dimensions, their literary consequences, and their cultural importance.","brand":"University of Massachusetts Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47614858428567,"sku":"9780870239670","price":3862.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780870239670.webp?v=1775097053","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/mark-twain-on-the-loose-a-comic-writer-and-the-american-self-9780870239670","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}