Mark Twain's ReligionMercer University Press, 2003 - 386 psl. Although there are many studies of America's most famous literary figure, this thorough investigation provides not only new information on Twain's religion, but also a different approach from anything published before. Interpretations of Twain over the past century have been largely the province of literary critics. By skillful textual analysis they have produced an abundance of nuanced studies, but they tend to have little interest in, and knowledge of, the broad religious context of Victorian society, which both angered and intrigued Twain. Phipps provides perceptions often overlooked into the way Clemens's religion was related to such significant issues as racism, imperialism, and materialism. This study takes a close look at his growing up in the slave culture of Missouri Protestants and his subsequent involvement in the radically different abolition culture in which his wire was raised. Like Twain, who aimed at communicating with the common person, Phipps has written in a style that will attract the educated public while providing fresh insights for Twain scholars. His research has taken him to Hannibal, Elmira Hartford, and to the Twain archives in Berkeley. Mostly chronological, the book makes extensive use of Twain's works and, often neglected in such studies on Twain, the Bible, his most important literary source. |
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... Catholicism . In. When quoted selectively , MT seems to agree with the categorical judgments of those literary critics ... Catholic World ( Sep- tember 1928 ) : 719 . ' Max Eastman , Harper's Magazine ( 5 May 1938 ) : 621 . " William ...
... Catholicism . In. When quoted selectively , MT seems to agree with the categorical judgments of those literary critics ... Catholic World ( Sep- tember 1928 ) : 719 . ' Max Eastman , Harper's Magazine ( 5 May 1938 ) : 621 . " William ...
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William E. Phipps. 8 Stoddard , who had converted to Catholicism . In 1888 , he wrote in his notebook , " I cannot see how a man of any large degree of humorous per- ception can ever be religious except he purposely shut the eyes of his ...
William E. Phipps. 8 Stoddard , who had converted to Catholicism . In 1888 , he wrote in his notebook , " I cannot see how a man of any large degree of humorous per- ception can ever be religious except he purposely shut the eyes of his ...
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... Catholicism or Protestantism , Christianity or Judaism , pentecostal or liturgical practices , Western or Eastern faiths , sometimes rightly claim that he was not religious . More- over , if being religious means being a sanctimonious ...
... Catholicism or Protestantism , Christianity or Judaism , pentecostal or liturgical practices , Western or Eastern faiths , sometimes rightly claim that he was not religious . More- over , if being religious means being a sanctimonious ...
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... Catholicism , then MT was as irreligious as the Protestant Reformers . Or , more broadly , if religion is reduced to giving consent to a particular credal statement or devotional practice , then he was arguably not a religious person ...
... Catholicism , then MT was as irreligious as the Protestant Reformers . Or , more broadly , if religion is reduced to giving consent to a particular credal statement or devotional practice , then he was arguably not a religious person ...
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... Catholics , and the Yankees , who had the mis- fortune of having been born north of the Mason - Dixon line . I shared with him an inordinate pride in having noted Virginian ancestors . As a recovering Confederate Presbyterian I have ...
... Catholics , and the Yankees , who had the mis- fortune of having been born north of the Mason - Dixon line . I shared with him an inordinate pride in having noted Virginian ancestors . As a recovering Confederate Presbyterian I have ...
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The AntiImperialist | 202 |
Biblical Usages | 221 |
Jewish Scriptures | 222 |
The New Testament | 241 |
Scriptural Allusions | 248 |
Theological Journey | 263 |
Views of Jesus | 277 |
Evil and Freedom | 281 |
Travel Reflections | 81 |
Amid Liberal Calvinsts | 89 |
In Hartford | 111 |
Relations with Cable | 134 |
Justice in America | 143 |
Political Morality | 155 |
Race Relations | 162 |
Womens Rights | 181 |
AmbassadoratLarge | 187 |
In Europe | 188 |
Global Tour | 194 |
Personal Immortality | 299 |
Final Quest | 313 |
Search for Healing | 321 |
Bittersweet Last Years | 328 |
Conclusion | 351 |
Ethics and Truth | 359 |
Humorist and Preacher | 363 |
The Tolerant Monotheist | 368 |
Bibliography | 377 |
Index | 383 |
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