02778nam 2200553 a 450 991045153740332120210903212046.00-8173-8129-5(CKB)1000000000483479(EBL)438159(OCoLC)209074347(SSID)ssj0000197942(PQKBManifestationID)11183448(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000197942(PQKBWorkID)10168814(PQKB)10794244(MiAaPQ)EBC438159(MdBmJHUP)muse8915(Au-PeEL)EBL438159(CaPaEBR)ebr10218355(EXLCZ)99100000000048347920060418d2007 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMark Twain and the spiritual crisis of his age[electronic resource] /Harold K. Bush, JrTuscaloosa University of Alabama Pressc20071 online resource (354 p.)Studies in American literary realism and naturalismDescription based upon print version of record.0-8173-1538-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-331) and index.Mark Twain's roots : Hannibal, the river, and the west -- Mark Twain's wife : the moral ethos of the Victorian home -- Mark Twain's pastor : Joe Twichell and social Christianity -- Mark Twain's liberal faith : the social gospel on Asylum Hill -- Mark Twain's Civil War : civil religion and the Lost Cause -- Mark Twain's American Adam : humor as hope and apocalypse -- Mark Twain's grief : the final years.The writer's fascination with America's spiritual and religious evolution in the 19th century. Mark Twain is often pictured as a severe critic of religious piety, shaking his fist at God and mocking the devout. Such a view, however, is only partly correct. It ignores the social realities of Twain's major period as a writer and his own spiritual interests: his participation in church activities, his socially progressive agenda, his reliance on religious themes in his major works, and his friendships with clergymen, especially his pastor and best friend, Joe Twichell. It also betStudies in American literary realism and naturalism.Christianity and literatureUnited StatesHistory19th centuryElectronic books.Christianity and literatureHistory818/.409Bush Harold K(Harold Karl),1956-2021.1031019MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451537403321Mark Twain and the spiritual crisis of his age2486407UNINA