LEADER 02736nam 2200553 a 450 001 9910817617803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8173-8129-5 035 $a(CKB)1000000000483479 035 $a(EBL)438159 035 $a(OCoLC)209074347 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000197942 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11183448 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000197942 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10168814 035 $a(PQKB)10794244 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse8915 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL438159 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10218355 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC438159 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000483479 100 $a20060418d2007 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMark Twain and the spiritual crisis of his age /$fHarold K. Bush, Jr 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aTuscaloosa $cUniversity of Alabama Press$dc2007 215 $a1 online resource (354 p.) 225 1 $aStudies in American literary realism and naturalism 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8173-1538-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [311]-331) and index. 327 $aMark 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. 330 $aThe writer's fascination with America's spiritual and religious evolution in the 19th century. Mark Twain is often pictured as a severe critic of religious piety, shaking his fist at God and mocking the devout. Such a view, however, is only partly correct. It ignores the social realities of Twain's major period as a writer and his own spiritual interests: his participation in church activities, his socially progressive agenda, his reliance on religious themes in his major works, and his friendships with clergymen, especially his pastor and best friend, Joe Twichell. It also bet 410 0$aStudies in American literary realism and naturalism. 606 $aChristianity and literature$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century 615 0$aChristianity and literature$xHistory 676 $a818/.409 700 $aBush$b Harold K$g(Harold Karl),$f1956-$01761671 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910817617803321 996 $aMark Twain and the spiritual crisis of his age$94201260 997 $aUNINA