The courtship of Olivia Langdon and Mark Twain / Susan K. Harris
| Author(s): | Harris, Susan K., 1945- |
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| Subjects: | Courtship--United States--History--19th century Authors, American--19th century--Biography Authors' spouses--United States--Biography Twain, Mark, 1835-1910--Biography--Marriage Clemens, Olivia Langdon, 1845-1904--Marriage |
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| Material Type: | Books |
| Language: | English |
| Audience: | Unspecified |
| Published: | Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1996 |
| Series: | Cambridge studies in American literature and culture 101 |
| LC Classification: | P, PS |
| Table of Contents: | Acknowledgments A Note about Names Introduction 1 1. A Commonplace Book 14 2. "Philosophy & Chemistry": Science Study in 1860s Elmira 46 3. Negotiating Differences: Love Letters and Love Texts 70 4. Conning Books: Olivia Langdon and Samuel Clemens's Joint Reading 106 5. Marriage 135 Notes 175 Works Cited 191 Index 197 |
| Notes: | LCCN: 96031990 Invalid ISN: 0521553848 (hardcover) ISBN: 0521553849 ISBN: 0521556503 (pbk.) Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-195) and index |
| Physical Description: | xiii, 202 p. : ill. ; 24 cm |
| OCLC Number: | 35159265 |
| ISBN/ISSN: | 0521553849 05215538490521553848 0521556503 |