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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsIntroduction / Susan Gillman and Forrest G. Robinson vii
Pudd'nhead Wilson Revisited / James M. Cox 1
The Sense of Disorder in
Pudd'nhead Wilson / Forrest G. Robinson 22
Mark Twain and Homer Plessy / Eric J. Sundquist 46
Francis Galton and Mark Twain: The Natal Autograph in
Pudd'nhead Wilson / Michael Rogin 73
"Sure Identifiers": Race, Science, and the Law in
Pudd'nhead Wilson / Susan Gillman 86
The Ties that Bind: Race and Sex in
Pudd'nhead Wilson / Myra Jehlen 105
Roxana's Plot / Carolyn Porter 121
Fatal Speculations: Murder, Money, and Manners in
Pudd'nhead Wilson / John Carlos Rowe 137
"By Right of the White Election": Political Theology and Theological Politics in
Pudd'nhead Wilson / Michael Cowan 155
Pudd'nhead Wilson on Democratic Governance / Wilson Carey McWilliams 177
"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 / George E. Marcus 190
Some of the Ways of Freedom in
Pudd'nhead Wilson / John H. Schaar 211
Notes 229
About the Contributors 255
Index 257
