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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... Visit to Heaven published 1909 Letters from the Earth completed ; Daughter Jean dies 1910 Dies at his Stormfield mansion near Redding , Connecticut What is the best way to address the one about X Mark Twain's Religion.
... Visit to Heaven published 1909 Letters from the Earth completed ; Daughter Jean dies 1910 Dies at his Stormfield mansion near Redding , Connecticut What is the best way to address the one about X Mark Twain's Religion.
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... Heaven . " John Marshall Clemens , Sam's father , had been named for the most famous jurist of his native state . After having much difficulty providing financially for his family , Marshall Clemens succeeded in becoming a justice of ...
... Heaven . " John Marshall Clemens , Sam's father , had been named for the most famous jurist of his native state . After having much difficulty providing financially for his family , Marshall Clemens succeeded in becoming a justice of ...
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... Heaven was serving this notice on the village boys : unless they repented they would also be punished . For a few days he was determined to express his remorse by carrying out these resolutions : I would be punctual at church and Sunday ...
... Heaven was serving this notice on the village boys : unless they repented they would also be punished . For a few days he was determined to express his remorse by carrying out these resolutions : I would be punctual at church and Sunday ...
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... Heaven . The Hannibal Journal reported on Universalist Rev. E. Manford of St. Louis , who argued against Calvinist predestination and maintained that the Bible teaches the " final holiness and happiness of all mankind " rather than the ...
... Heaven . The Hannibal Journal reported on Universalist Rev. E. Manford of St. Louis , who argued against Calvinist predestination and maintained that the Bible teaches the " final holiness and happiness of all mankind " rather than the ...
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... heaven at the first toot of the trumpet . " 130 When Clemens visited Turkey , he found some Millerites who had come there after the failure of the predicted " resurrection day . " They were at the site of Smyrna , a city described in ...
... heaven at the first toot of the trumpet . " 130 When Clemens visited Turkey , he found some Millerites who had come there after the failure of the predicted " resurrection day . " They were at the site of Smyrna , a city described in ...
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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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