About the contributors

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction vii
4. Pudd'nhead Wilson revisited 1
5. The sense of disorder in Pudd'nhead Wilson 22
6. Mark Twain and homer Plessy 46
7. Francis Galton and mark twain the natal autograph in Pudd'nhead Wilson Michael rogin 73
8. "Sure ldentifiers" race, science, and the law in Pudd'nhead Wilson 86
9. The ties that bind race and sex in Pudd'nhead Wilson 105
10. Roxana's plot 121
11. Fatal speculations murder, money, and manners in Pudd'nhead Wilson 137
12. Pudd'nhead Wilson on democratic governance 177
13. "What did he reckon would become of the other half if he killed his half?" doubled, divided, and crossed selves in pudd'nhead Wilson; or, Mark Twain as cultural critic in his own times and ours 190
14. Some of the ways of freedom in Pudd'nhead Wilson 211
15. Notes 229
16. About the contributors 255
17. Index 257