pt. I, disc 1. Needing no introduction? -- From Samuel Clemens to Mark Twain -- The sense of Mark Twain's humor -- Marketing Twain -- Innocents abroad, I: going East -- Innocents abroad, II: traveling to unlearn -- pt. I, disc 2. Roughing it: going West -- The lecture tours -- The Whittier after-dinner speech -- "Old times on the Mississippi" -- The adventures of Tom Sawyer -- The performances of Tom Sawyer -- pt. II, disc 3. Huck Finn, I: defining an American voice -- Huck Finn, II: the quest for freedom -- Huck Finn, III: the great American novel? -- Huck Finn, IV: Classrooms and controversy -- Connecticut Yankee, I: unwriting the Middle Ages -- Connecticut Yankee, II: revisiting the 19th century -- pt. II, disc 4. Connecticut Yankee, III: the quest for status -- Pudd'nhead Wilson: fictions of law and custom -- Anti-imperialist works -- Late Twain in public -- Late Twain in private -- Sam Clemens is dead/Long live Mark Twain.
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