Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-165) and index.This study traces, through paterns of images, the development of Mark Twain's first-person narrative personae and examines the alienation from the zeitgeist both in the work and in his life. It looks at the ways this alienation was resolved through his imagery, conjecture, and imaginationPart. I. The alienated narrator and the imagery of respite. Joan of Arc : the Sieur Louis de Conte ; "No. 44, The mysterious stranger" : August Feldner ; A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's court : Hank Morgan ; Adventures of Huckleberry Finn : Huck Finn -- Part. II. The imagery of contentment. Water and space : the imagery of release ; Childhood : the imagery of unity ; Women : the imagery of protection -- Conclusion. The imagination of escape.Digitized at the University of Missouri--Columbia MU Libraries Digitization Lab in 2012. Digitized at 600 dpi with Zeutschel, OS 15000 scanner. Access copy, available in MOspace, is 400 dpi, grayscale
