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Mark Twain's Exhibitionism
- Biography
- University of Hawai'i Press
- Volume 5, Number 2, Spring 1982
- pp. 95-117
- 10.1353/bio.2010.0960
- Article
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A content analysis of Mark Twain's letters and novels is used to measure the variations in strength of his exhibitionistic motivation over a 33 year period. Within a theoretical framework, biographical events are matched with these changes to show how they served to arouse or inhibit his attention-seeking behavior in social interaction and fantasy.