SOURCE: "Mark Twain's Use of California Folklore in his Jumping Frog Story," in Journal of American Folklore, Vol. LXV, 1952, pp. 155-58.
In the following essay, Cuff discusses similarities between Twain's jumping frog story and earlier published versions with roots in California folklore, and asserts that while there are parallels in terms of content and phrasing among the various renditions, the imaginative, dramatic, and realistic detail in "Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog" are clearly Twain's own contribution.
This is a free excerpt of 77 words. There are 1,945 words (approx.
6 pages at 300 words per page) in the full critical essay.
Read the rest of this Criticism with our The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County: Critical Essay by Roger Penn Cuff Access Pass.
