Books by Shelley Fisher (Professor of English and American Studies Fishkin

Combining cultural criticism with historical scholarship, this book addresses a wide range of topics relevant to Mark Twain's work including religion, commerce, race, gender, social class and imperialism.

In this work, Twain scholar Shelley Fisher Fishkin blends personal narrative with reflections on history, literature, and popular culture to provide a provocative look at who Mark Twain really was, how he got to be that way, and what we do with his legacy today.