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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... tell her what was bothering him . He confessed that he had attempted to use religion for his own purposes , " I had found out that I was a Christian for revenue only and I could not bear the thought of that , it was so ignoble . " His ...
... tell her what was bothering him . He confessed that he had attempted to use religion for his own purposes , " I had found out that I was a Christian for revenue only and I could not bear the thought of that , it was so ignoble . " His ...
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... youthful misbehavior . He enjoyed telling about the time he bombed his " exasperatingly good " younger brother , 49MTS 458 . 50LM 352-53 . Henry , with a watermelon rind . After careful calculation 51 AMT 41 . Along the Mississippi 17.
... youthful misbehavior . He enjoyed telling about the time he bombed his " exasperatingly good " younger brother , 49MTS 458 . 50LM 352-53 . Henry , with a watermelon rind . After careful calculation 51 AMT 41 . Along the Mississippi 17.
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... tell of God's stern retribution to sinners.57 Sam told of the worse discipline that he could remember receiving from her when he was Tom Sawyer's age : Whenever my conduct was of such exaggerated impropriety that my mother's extemporary ...
... tell of God's stern retribution to sinners.57 Sam told of the worse discipline that he could remember receiving from her when he was Tom Sawyer's age : Whenever my conduct was of such exaggerated impropriety that my mother's extemporary ...
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... tell , 73MTS 432 . 74LTR 4 : 528 . 75 Psalms and Hymns Adapted to Social , Private , and Public Worship in the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America ( Philadelphia : Presbyterian Board of Publication , 1843 ) . 76 Albert ...
... tell , 73MTS 432 . 74LTR 4 : 528 . 75 Psalms and Hymns Adapted to Social , Private , and Public Worship in the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America ( Philadelphia : Presbyterian Board of Publication , 1843 ) . 76 Albert ...
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... tell her breast from her back if she had her head up a stove - pipe hole looking for something in the attic . . . . She was a Calvinist and devotedly pious , but otherwise she was a most disagreeable woman.86 Beside the elementary ...
... tell her breast from her back if she had her head up a stove - pipe hole looking for something in the attic . . . . She was a Calvinist and devotedly pious , but otherwise she was a most disagreeable woman.86 Beside the elementary ...
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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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