12551 Harvard University Press Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA 1986 Dust Jacket Good Hard Cover Near Fine Tan cloth on boards. Jacket is worn all edges, with a chip and creases on the front top edge. Now in clear cover. "Robinson's argument takes rise from a close analysis of social dynamics as represented in Tom Sawyer. Robinson finds that Mark Twain's characters are engaged in an elaborate form of social play whose dominant features is 'bad faith', the broad spectrum of deceits people resort to in their quest for social stability and individual equanimity. Characters and author and audience, he argues, share very similar cultural predispositions to affirm and deny." $22.00USD
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