Mark Twain - Directory of Online Resources

• Mark Twain in the The Atlantic Monthly
  June 25, 2001 issue.

Censorship and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
A teacher CyberGuide by Nancy Middlemas
"This unit provides resources for 11th-grade students in American Literature classes to explore the controversy that continues to swirl around the teaching and reading of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn."

The Critical Reception- Contemporary Newspaper and Magazine Reviews
Some regarding the 1885 book banning from Concord Public Library

Mark Twain
Sections include: Associations ; Banned Books ; Bibliography ; Biography ; Contexts ; Criticisms ; Discussion ; Essays ; Student Guide ; Homes ; Huckleberry Finn ; Letters ; Manuscripts ; Pictures ; Pop Culture ; Quotes ; Speeches ; Teaching ; Writings.
Edited by Jim Zwick

The Mark Twain House
A National Historic Landmark
Sections include: Visitor Information ; The Man and His House ; News and Special Events ; Just for Kids ; Teaching Twain ; The Museum Shop.

Mark Twain in His Times
"At present, then, this site aspires to be both a permanent electronic archive and an evolving virtual exhibition. As an archive, it contains a growing number of searchable primary texts: of Mark Twain's works, of contemporary reviews, of advertisements, and so on. As an ongoing experiment in ways of using the capabilities of computers to help people explore the meaning of a writer's achievement..."
From The Electronic Text Center, University of Virginia
Written and Directed by Stephen Railton, Dept. of English, University of Virginia

• Huck Finn Sales Prospectus
• Search Mark Twain's Books

The Mark Twain Papers and Project
"This combination of original and photocopied documents now makes it possible to read virtually every document in Mark Twain's hand now known to survive, without ever leaving Berkeley."
The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley

Mark Twain Quotations
"Mark Twain quotations, newspaper collections & related resources."
Compiled by Barbara Schmidt

Mark Twain Resources on the World Wide Web
""This site combines local materials by and about Mark Twain with links to some of the best resources available elsewhere on the Web. Available writings range from his first book, The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, and Other Sketches (1747) to his autobiography and speeches. It will also guide you to the most comprehensive materials for studying Mark Twain's life and writings and both the times in which he lived and his continuing influence today."
By Jim Zwick, Syracuse University

Mark Twain's The War Prayer

Mark Twain: A Film Directed by Ken Burns (January 2002)
Includes: Behind-the-Scenes ; Classroom Activities ; Selected Writings ; Chronology ; Links.
PBS Online - Originally aired January 14-15, 2002.

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