SOURCE: "The 'Jumping Frog' as a Comedian's First Virtue," in Modern Philology, Vol. 40, No. 3, February, 1963, pp. 192-200.
In the following essay, Baender argues that although Twain's jumping frog story borrows conventions of the Southwestern frame story, the sketch is a creative departure from that traditional form. Baender points out that the tale includes many anecdotes that are clearly the author's own invention, and that it has national rather than regional appeal.
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