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

• Autore: Bush Harold K (Harold Karl), <1956->
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Mark Twain and the spiritual crisis of his age
• ISBN: 0-8173-8129-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910817617803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Studies in American literary realism and naturalism.