Thomas A. Tenney, Editor
c/o English Department, The Citadel, Charleston, SC, 29409
c/o English Department, The Citadel, Charleston, SC, 29409
The Mark Twain Journal is devoted primarily to the life and works of Mark Twain, drawing on contemporary sources. Founded in 1936, it is the oldest American journal devoted to a single author (two for Shakespeare and two for Dickens published abroad are older). The Mark Twain Journal is published twice yearly, Spring and Fall. For a sample back issue and a set of postcards drawn by Bill Watterson, send $2.00 to the above address.
Mark Twain Journal Presents
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The Psychoscope By R. M. Daggett and J. T. Goodman Introduction and Notes by Lawrence I. Berkove A precocious anomaly in the history of American theater, The Psychoscope is a distinguished example of the vitality and surprising talent of the Sagebrush School of literature, the writers of late nineteenth century Nevada. The Psychoscope was written in 1871 by two of Mark Twain's gifted, close, influential, and lifelong friends: Joseph Thompson Goodman, the owner and chief editor of Nevada's Virginia City Territorial Enterprise, and Rollin Mallory Daggett, an editor on the newspaper. The play was produced in Virginia City in 1872, and ran for five tumultuous performances in four days. Its raw depiction of prostitutes in action caused a storm of controversy in its cast and in the local newspapers. The newspaper controversy is preserved in eight of the nine appendices to this edition. |