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Mark Twain and the spiritual crisis of his age / / Harold K. Bush, Jr



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Autore: Bush Harold K (Harold Karl), <1956-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Mark Twain and the spiritual crisis of his age / / Harold K. Bush, Jr Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2007
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (354 p.)
Disciplina: 818/.409
Soggetto topico: Christianity and literature - United States - History - 19th century
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-331) and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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.
Sommario/riassunto: 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 bet
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ISBN: 0-8173-8129-5
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910817617803321
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Serie: Studies in American literary realism and naturalism.