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Mark Twain CD-ROM
Recommended by Mark Twain Forum and Media and Methods |
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Texts: Scholars: Contexts and Videos On: Also available on video |
This valuable scholarly companion provides in-depth information that allows students to gain a true appreciation of six major works: Huckleberry Finn, The Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg, The $30,000 Bequest, A True Story, and Sociable Jimmy.
Featuring:
• The full text of all six works, fully searchable by word or phrase
• A screening room containing interviews with Twain scholars Justin Kaplan, author of the definitive Twain biography, Mr. Clemens and Mark Twain; David Lionel Smith, Professor of English at Williams College; and Shelley Fisher Fishkin, Professor of American Studies and General Editor of the Oxford Mark Twain
• A network of hyper-links which illuminate themes in Huckleberry Finn
• 10 essays including whether Twain should be considered a racist; his forays into publishing; his stance as an anti-imperialist; his early life and travels; his problems with international copyright infringements; the influences of his wife and of the Reconstruction backlash on his writing
Special functions: All text is easily accessible with the "turn" of a page. Editions pop-up by moving the cursor over the text. Pages or portions of the text can be printed and added to portfolios.
The CD-ROM can be used with either Windows or Macintosh.