Anthony J Berret, Mark Twain and Shakespeare a Cultural Legacy, University Press of America, 1993.

A contextualization of Shakespeare in Twain's time, debates about authorship, Twain's identification with Shakespeare, and popular productions.

Pamela A. Boker, The Grief Taboo in American Literature Loss and Prolonged Adolescence in Twain, Melville, and Hemingway, New York University Press, 1996.

In this study, Boker looks at the relationship between loss and coming-of-age Issues as they are expressed in the works of several prominent American authors.

Richard Bridgman, Traveling in Mark Twain, University of California Press, 1987.

A study of how Journeys express several themes in Twain's works.

Bernard De Voto, Mark Twain's America Houghton Mifflin, 1932.

De Voto thoroughly analyses the novel's structure and reception

Shelley Fisher Fishkin, Lighting Out for the Territory. Reflections on Mark Twain and American Culture, Oxford University Press, 1997.

A new study of how Twain's focus on issues relating to...