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Excerpt from Special Forum On Global Huck in Journal of Transnational American Studies

Posted on January 12, 2022January 11, 2022 by Center for Mark Twain 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

Posted on December 17, 2021December 29, 2021 by Dwayne Eutsey

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

Posted on December 2, 2021December 2, 2021 by Center for Mark Twain Studies

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

Posted on November 17, 2021November 17, 2021 by Center for Mark Twain Studies

Post includes a gallery of past art contest winners

Latest Issue of Studies in American Humor Now Available

Posted on November 12, 2021November 12, 2021 by Larry Howe

Larry Howe, editor of STUDIES IN AMERICAN HUMOR, writes about the most recent issue

New Issue of the Mark Twain Journal Now Available

Posted on November 10, 2021November 10, 2021 by Center for Mark Twain Studies

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

Posted on July 27, 2021July 27, 2021 by Center for Mark Twain Studies

This grant will fund a Historic Landscape Report of Quarry Farm

Mark Twain Circle Announces 2022 MLA Presentations

Posted on July 12, 2021July 12, 2021 by Center for Mark Twain Studies

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 […]