Shelley Fisher Fishkin
Author of The Mark Twain Anthology: Great Writers on His Life and Work
About the Author
Shelley Fisher Fishkin received her B.A. from Yale College. She earned her M.A. and Ph.D. at Yale University. She taught American Studies and English at the University of Texas from 1985 to 2003, and was Chair of the Department of American Studies. Since 2003 she has been a professor at the English show more Department of Stanford University. She has been awarded an American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship, was a Fulbright Distinguished Lecturer in Japan and was the winner of a Harry H. Ransom Teaching Excellence Award at the University of Texas. Much of her work is focused on Mark Twain but she has also published works on writers such as Frederick Douglass and Theodore Dreiser. Her research interests have lead her to focus on the influence of African American voices on American literature. Dr. Fishkin is the author, editor or co-editor of over forty books and has published over eighty articles and reviews. Her book Was Huck Black? Mark Twain and African-American Voices was selected as an "Outstanding Academic Book" by Choice in 1993. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Works by Shelley Fisher Fishkin
Silences 1 copy
Associated Works
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn [Norton Critical Edition, 1st ed.] (1884) — Contributor — 1,432 copies
Extract from Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven (1909) — Series Editor, some editions — 133 copies
In Search of Hannah Crafts: Critical Essays on the Bondwoman's Narrative (2003) — Contributor — 56 copies
Mark Twain's Book of Animals (Jumping Frogs: Undiscovered, Rediscovered, and Celebrated Writings of Mark Twain) (2009) — Editor, some editions — 44 copies
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- Canonical name
- Fishkin, Shelley Fisher
- Birthdate
- 1950-05-09
- Gender
- female
- Education
- Yale University (BA)
Yale University (MA|English)
Yale University (PhD|American Studies) - Occupations
- professor
- Awards and honors
- American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship
Fulbright Distinguished Lecturer in Japan
Harry H. Ransom Teaching Excellence Award
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