A dialogue between David Gergen and Shelley Fisher Fishkin, author of ÐLighting Out for the Territory: Reflections on Mark Twain and American Culture.Ó

This week, we're continuing our discussion of Mark Twain's 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.' This is part two of our talk about Huck Finn, and this time we're looking at the metaphors in the book, a little bit about what the...

In which John Green teaches you about Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. This week, we'll talk a little bit about Samuel Langhorne Clemens, who wrote under the name Mark Twain, and how he mined his early life for decades to...

Journey back in time to explore the captivating story of Hiram Bingham and the discovery of Machu Picchu in this riveting history episode! Follow the footsteps of the American explorer as he stumbles upon the hidden Inca citadel nestled...

Known as the Father of American Literature, Mark Twain used satire and a sharp wit to explore and reveal the realities of US society in the 19th century. In doing so he developed an all-new “American style” of writing.

This week we channel Drake and answer your questions from our art hotline*.

In this lesson, Mr. P. discusses what themes, motifs, and symbols are when used as literary devices. He provides examples from Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Crucible, Hamlet, and Romeo and Juliet. At the end of the video, he...

Samuel Langhorne Clements was born in 1835 in Florida, Missouri. By the time of his death in 1910, he was known around the world as Mark Twain, “the first truly American writer” and the country’s greatest humorist. In his lifetime,...

Who is the most powerful character in fiction? Villains may doom the world, heroes may save it, but no one has more control over the plot than the narrator - expositing the who, what, where, when and how directly into the reader’s mind....

Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) Takes Afternoon Tea with his Daughters

Steam Boat on the Water

Title: "Fashions Strictly for the Younger Set" superimposed over four boys wearing Tom Sawyer, Penrod, Little Lord Fauntleroy, and Huckleberry Finn outfits / CU boy in Fauntleroy outfit / VS boy in suit sitting at piano, stands and...