Welcome the 2022 Class of Quarry Fellows!
Fellows will have an extended stay at Quarry Farm where they will work on academic and creative projects
Category: The Study
Excerpt from Special Forum On Global Huck in Journal of Transnational American Studies
Last week The Journal of Transnational American Studies published a Special Forum on Global Huck: Mapping the Cultural Work of Translations of Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. The forum features ten essays and two bibliographic appendixes exploring the translation and reception of Twain’s novel is a wide range of cultural contexts. The Center For Mark Twain Studies is excited to share an excerpt from the editorial introduction to the […]
The “Earthiness” of Mark Twain in Western Film & TV
Inspired by Joel Coen’s description of Mark Twain’s influence on The Big Lebowski, Dwayne Eutsey catalogs some Twain’s appearances in 20th century cinema.
CMTS Receives Grant From Corning Incorporated Foundation To Preserve Twain’s Study
Mark Twain’s octagonal study is one of the most important literary landmarks in the United States
2021-2022 Mark Twain Writing Contest and Art Competition Open to All Elmira College Students
Post includes a gallery of past art contest winners
Latest Issue of Studies in American Humor Now Available
Larry Howe, editor of STUDIES IN AMERICAN HUMOR, writes about the most recent issue
New Issue of the Mark Twain Journal Now Available
The current MTJ focuses on one of Twain’s most popular short stories, Twain in Italy, and other topics related to the author
Elmira College Awarded A “Preserve New York” Grant
This grant will fund a Historic Landscape Report of Quarry Farm
Mark Twain Circle Announces 2022 MLA Presentations
The Mark Twain Circle of America has announced its lectures at the 2022 MLA conference, scheduled for January 6-9, in Washington, D.C. “Mark Twain: Emerging and Diverging Approaches” Joseph Darda, “A Connecticut Yankee on King Arthur’s Diamond: Mark Twain, Baseball, and the Making of a White Reunion” Avery Blankenship, “Twain in Circulation: The Reprinting of Mark Twain in Nineteenth-Century Newspapers” Hsuan Hsu, “Twain’s Olfactory Gags” About the Mark Twain Circle of America […]
The U.S. in a Comic Looking Glass: Caricature and National Character
Christopher J. Gilbert (Assumption University) talks about his new book available from Penn State University Press.