Mark Twain’s Humor

Definitions of Humor
http://www.pbs.org/weta/onstage/twain2002/teachers/glossary.html
Glossary that includes definition of different types of humor, as well as links to examples of each type.

Mark Twain On Stage
http://etext.virginia.edu/railton/onstage/onstgehp.html
Commentary about Twain’s speaking, and links to listen to his speeches.

Review of Book about Mark Twain’s Humor
http://www.twainweb.net/reviews/florence.html
Book review of Don Florence’s Persona and Humor in Mark Twain's Early Writings.

Humor in Literature
http://docsouth.unc.edu/southlit/humor.html
Article by the Library of Southern Literature.

Samuel Langhorne Clemens
http://etext.virginia.edu/railton/projects/price/atwain.htm
UVA site on Mark Twain.

The Legend of Mark Twain
http://www.twainweb.net/filelist/legend.html
From The Mark Twain Forum, information on the author and his style.

Mark Twain
http://www.pbs.org/marktwain/learnmore/activities.html
Activities from PBS, including some about humor

Twain and Rogers – American Originals
http://www.pbs.org/weta/onstage/twain2001/teachers/lesson_one.html
Provides an activity dealing with the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.

Tall Tale and Dark Sides
http://www.pbs.org/marktwain/learnmore/activities_talltales.html
Illustrates the two sides of Mark Twain.