02736nam 2200553 a 450 991081761780332120200520144314.00-8173-8129-5(CKB)1000000000483479(EBL)438159(OCoLC)209074347(SSID)ssj0000197942(PQKBManifestationID)11183448(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000197942(PQKBWorkID)10168814(PQKB)10794244(MdBmJHUP)muse8915(Au-PeEL)EBL438159(CaPaEBR)ebr10218355(MiAaPQ)EBC438159(EXLCZ)99100000000048347920060418d2007 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMark Twain and the spiritual crisis of his age /Harold K. Bush, Jr1st ed.Tuscaloosa 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 centuryChristianity and literatureHistory818/.409Bush Harold K(Harold Karl),1956-1761671MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910817617803321Mark Twain and the spiritual crisis of his age4201260UNINA