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The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County

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"The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" Summary
3,339 words, approx. 11 pages
"The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" by Mark Twain Mark Twain first earned his reputation as a fiction writer with the publication of "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County," originally entitled "Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog."...
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The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County Information
738 words, approx. 3 pages
"The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" is an 1865 short story by Mark Twain. It was also published as "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" and "Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog." In it, the narrator retells a story he heard from a...


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Clemens Made A Name For Himself: Mark Twain
8/9/2007: 928 words, approx. 3 pages
Samuel Langhorne Clemens wanted readers to get a hearty dose of reality from his work.So he did what all good writers do -- write what you know. Clemens, who achieved worldwide fame using the pen name Mark Twain, based virtually all his writings on personal...


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Edgar M. Branch
9,563 words, approx. 32 pages
Below, Branch discusses the influence of Twain 's personal life on his composition of the jumping frog story.
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Critical Essay by S. J. Krause
7,300 words, approx. 24 pages
In the following essay, Krause claims that Twain 's jumping frog story combines Eastern political satire and traditional folk humor.
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Critical Essay by Paul C. Rodgers, Jr.
5,577 words, approx. 19 pages
In the following essay, Rodgers surveys some of the notable scholarly interpretations of Twain's jumping frog story before arguing that the sketch can be best understood in the context of Twain 's relationship to the man to whom it was addressed: Artemus Ward.
 
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Essay Grade: 86%
Twain and The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
648 words, approx. 2 pages
Examines the life of American author Mark Twain. Analyzes his story, "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County". Discusses how Twain uses various literary techniques, including extensive exaggeration, regional dialect of the west to help capture the local color and amusing characters that seem serious and use made up words to add that final touch of humor.
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Essay Grade: 95%
Romanticism to Realism in "The Jumping Frog of Calaveras County"
464 words, approx. 2 pages
Literary styles from the Romantics to the Realists.


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