[Pocket Edition] World Literature Masterpieces Library - Selected Short Stories of Mark Twain

Author: Mark Twain
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Publish Date: 2005-09-01
Features: Mark Twain was the founder of 19th-century American critical realism literature and a world-renowned master of short stories. He was the first writer in American literary history to use pure American colloquial language in his writing, referred to by Faulkner as the "Father of American Literature" and lauded by Howells as the "Lincoln of American Literature." The outstanding characteristics of Mark Twain's works are humor and satire. With his fresh and humorous writing style and unadorned, simple language, he pioneered the colloquialization of American novels, made outstanding contributions to the development of American literary language in the realist novel style, and had a profound influence on later writers. Selected as one of the "Reading Lists of Chinese and Foreign Literature" recommended by 14 professors, including Qixianlin, Yang Zhouhan, and Li Funing, in the "Catalog of Chinese and Foreign Literary Books" in 1986. One of the 113 books influential to faculty across disciplines at the world-renowned Harvard University.
American fiction began with Mark Twain. – Hemingway
Mark Twain was an American writer who established American consciousness and American language. – Faulkner
Mark Twain created one of the great linguistic styles in American literature, promoting the development of modern American style, and was the first writer to use American dialects from an artistic height. – Bernard De Voto
Mark Twain was the founder of 19th-century American critical realism literature and a world-renowned master of short stories. He was the first writer in American literary history to use pure American colloquial language in his writing, referred to by Faulkner as the "Father of American Literature" and lauded by Howells as the "Lincoln of American Literature." The outstanding characteristics of Mark Twain's works are humor and satire. With his fresh and humorous writing style and unadorned, simple language, he pioneered the colloquialization of American novels, made outstanding contributions to the development of American literary language in the realist novel style, and had a profound influence on later writers. Selected as one of the "Reading Lists of Chinese and Foreign Literature" recommended by 14 professors, including Qixianlin, Yang Zhouhan, and Li Funing, in the "Catalog of Chinese and Foreign Literary Books" in 1986. One of the 113 books influential to faculty across disciplines at the world-renowned Harvard University.