Centenary Reflections on Mark Twain's No. 44, the Mysterious Stranger » (bibliography, index)

John Csicsila is Associate Professor of English at Eastern Michigan University and Associate Editor of the Mark Twain Annual. Chad Rohman is Professor of English at Dominican University in River Forest, Illinois, and editor of the Mark Twain Circular.

In this first book on No. 44 in thirty years, thirteen especially commissioned essays by some of today's most accomplished Twain scholars cover an array of topics, from domesticity and transnationalism to race and religion, and reflect a variety of scholarly and theoretical approaches to the work. This far-reaching collection considers the status of No. 44 within Twain's oeuvre as they offer cogent insights into such broad topics as cross-culturalism, pain and redemption, philosophical paradox, and comparative studies of the Mysterious Stranger manuscripts.

Introduction Joseph Csicsila Csicsila, Joseph Chad Rohman Rohman, Chad 1

I Cross-Cultural and Transnational Mappings in No. 44, The Mysterious Stranger

"I ain' no dread being": The Minstrel Mask as Alter Ego Sharon D. Mccoy Mccoy, Sharon D. 13

Mark Twain's Last Cakewalk: Racialized Performance in No. 44, The Mysterious Stranger Henry B. Wonham Wonham, Henry B. 41

"The Chronicle of Young Satan" and No. 44, The Mysterious Stranger: A Transnationalist Reading Peter Messent Messent, Peter 51

II. Prophecy, Pleasure, Pain, and Redemption in the Mysterious Stranger Manuscripts

The Prophetic Imagination, the Liberal Self, and the Ending of No. 44, The Mysterious Strenaer Harold K. Bush, Jr. Bush, Harold K., Jr. 91

Mark Twain and the Accusing Angel: "The Chronicle of Young Satan" and Samuel Clemens's Argument with the Inscrutable Michael J. Kiskis Kiskis, Michael J. 105

Transcendental Hedonism? Sex, Song, Food, and Drink in No. 44, The Mysterious Stranger and "My Platonic Sweetheart" Gregg Camfield 127 127, Gregg Camfield

"Silly creations of an imagination that is not conscious of its freaks": Multiple Selves, Wordless Communication, and the Psychology of Mark Twain's No. 44, The Mysterious Strranger Randall Knoper Knoper, Randall 144

III. Structural, Temporal, and Philosophical Paradox in No. 44, The Mysterious Stranger

No. 44, The Mysterious Stranger: The Final Soliloquy of a "Littery Man" James S. Leonard Leonard, James S. 159

No. 44, The Mysterious Stranger as Literary Comedy David E. E. Sloane Sloane, David E. E. 174

Samuel Clemens, Duality, and Time Travel David Lionel Smith Smith, David Lionel 187

Dreams and Metaphors in No. 44, TheMysterious Stranger John Bird Bird, John 198

Mark Twain's Mysterious Strangers and the Motions of the Mind Bruce Michelson Michelson, Bruce 216

Afterword: Mark Twain's Postmodem Tale Found in a Jug Alan Gribben Gribben, Alan 236

Bibliography and Critical Resources for Further Reading 251

Index 279