Introduction
"A Reputation That Can Stand Fire": Mark Twain's Early Reception through 1910
"All Right, Then, I'll Go to Hell": Mark Twain's Disputed Legacy, 1910-1950
"Only One Right Form for a Story": Mark Twain and Cold War Criticism, 1950-1970
"Everyone Is a Moon, and Has a Dark Side": New Phases of Mark Twain Criticism from the 1970s through the 1980s
"It Is Difference of Opinion That Makes Horse-Races": Mark Twain as a Partisan in the Culture Wars, 1990s to 2015
Conclusion
Notes
Works Cited
Index