Gender Play in Mark Twain: Cross-dressing and Transgression (Mark Twain and His Circle Series) PDF
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GENDER PLAY in Mark Twain Mark Twain and His Circle Series Tom Quirk, Editor GENDER PLAY in Mark Twain Cross-Dressing and Transgression Linda A. Morris University of Missouri Press Columbia and London Copyright © 2007 by The Curators of the University of Missouri University of Missouri Press, Columbia, Missouri 65201 Printed and bound in the United States of America All rights reserved 5 4 3 2 1 11 10 09 08 07 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Morris, Linda. Gender play in Mark Twain : cross-dressing and transgression / Linda A. Morris. p. cm. Summary: “Explores Mark Twain’s use of cross-dressing across his career by exposing the cast of his characters who masqueraded as members of the opposite sex or who otherwise defied gender expectations. Morris grounds her study in an understanding of the era’s theatrical cross-dressing and changing mores, and events in Clemens’s own household”—Provided by publisher. Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. ISBN 978-0-8262-1759-2 (alk. paper) 1. Twain, Mark, 1835–1910—Criticism and interpretation. 2. Sex role in literature. 3. Twain, Mark, 1835–1910— Characters. 4. American wit and humor—19th century— History and criticism. I. Title. PS1338.M67 2007 818(cid:2).409—dc22 2007017493 ø™ This paper meets the requirements of the American National Standard for Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, Z39.48, 1984. Designer: Kristie Lee Typesetter: The Composing Room of Michigan, Inc. Printer and binder: Thomson-Shore, Inc. Typefaces: Galliard and Myriad Frontispiece: Mark Twain in 1899. Courtesy of the Mark Twain Project, Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley (call no. 00222-1899) For Kay Contents Acknowledgments xi 1. Misplaced Sex 1 2. Sarah Mary Williams George Elexander Peters 27 3. Beneath the Veil: Gender Play in Pudd’nhead Wilson 59 4. Troubling Gender: Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc 89 5. Transvestite Tales 124 Works Cited 167 Index 177
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