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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... preacher - father droned on . I received a small relief from watching wasps light on dozing members of the congregation . The intellectual rigor of my family's Calvinism caused me to look with condescending amusement at " Introduction 5.
... preacher - father droned on . I received a small relief from watching wasps light on dozing members of the congregation . The intellectual rigor of my family's Calvinism caused me to look with condescending amusement at " Introduction 5.
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William E. Phipps. Calvinism caused me to look with condescending amusement at " hoop'n holler " cult activity in my town . Yet , like Hannibal Presbyterians , I attended revivals and camp meetings in the summertime . Like MT's boy- hood ...
William E. Phipps. Calvinism caused me to look with condescending amusement at " hoop'n holler " cult activity in my town . Yet , like Hannibal Presbyterians , I attended revivals and camp meetings in the summertime . Like MT's boy- hood ...
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... caused him to understand " that if I would continue in that condition I would never be lonesome . " 33 In Hannibal , Sam first attended a Methodist church called " Old Ship 29TS 152 . 30TS 19 ; cf. Proverbs 13:24 . 31TS 99 . 32TS 42 ...
... caused him to understand " that if I would continue in that condition I would never be lonesome . " 33 In Hannibal , Sam first attended a Methodist church called " Old Ship 29TS 152 . 30TS 19 ; cf. Proverbs 13:24 . 31TS 99 . 32TS 42 ...
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... caused a minority of the several hundred members with Old School sympathies to form the Second Presbyterian Church in Hannibal . " In 1857 , as national sectionalism increased , the New School national leaders could not accept Missouri ...
... caused a minority of the several hundred members with Old School sympathies to form the Second Presbyterian Church in Hannibal . " In 1857 , as national sectionalism increased , the New School national leaders could not accept Missouri ...
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... causing her mother to shriek in anguish as a steamboat took her off to the Deep South.107 Slaves knew that plantation labor and sexual conditions were harsher there than in Missouri , so being " sold down the river " was among the worst ...
... causing her mother to shriek in anguish as a steamboat took her off to the Deep South.107 Slaves knew that plantation labor and sexual conditions were harsher there than in Missouri , so being " sold down the river " was among the worst ...
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Tpe AntiImperialist | 196 |
Biblical Usages | 215 |
Jewish Scriptures | 216 |
The New Testament | 235 |
Scriptural Affusions | 242 |
Theological Journey | 257 |
Views of Jesus | 271 |
Evil anb Freedom | 275 |
Travel Reflections | 75 |
Amid Liberal Caivmists | 83 |
In Hartforb | 105 |
Relations with Cable | 128 |
Justice m America | 137 |
Political Morality | 149 |
Race Relations | 156 |
Womens Rights | 175 |
AmbassaboratLarge | 181 |
In Europe | 182 |
Global Tour | 188 |
Versonal Immortality | 293 |
Final Quest | 307 |
Search for Healing | 315 |
Bittersweet Last Years | 322 |
Conclusion | 345 |
Ethics and Truth | 353 |
Humorist and Treacher | 357 |
The Tolerant Monotfest | 362 |
Bibliography | 371 |
Index | 377 |
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