Mark Twain's ReligionMercer University Press, 2003 - 386 pages Although there are many studies of America's most famous literary figure, this thorough investigation provides not only new information on Twain's religion, but also a different approach from anything published before. Interpretations of Twain over the past century have been largely the province of literary critics. By skillful textual analysis they have produced an abundance of nuanced studies, but they tend to have little interest in, and knowledge of, the broad religious context of Victorian society, which both angered and intrigued Twain. Phipps provides perceptions often overlooked into the way Clemens's religion was related to such significant issues as racism, imperialism, and materialism. This study takes a close look at his growing up in the slave culture of Missouri Protestants and his subsequent involvement in the radically different abolition culture in which his wire was raised. Like Twain, who aimed at communicating with the common person, Phipps has written in a style that will attract the educated public while providing fresh insights for Twain scholars. His research has taken him to Hannibal, Elmira Hartford, and to the Twain archives in Berkeley. Mostly chronological, the book makes extensive use of Twain's works and, often neglected in such studies on Twain, the Bible, his most important literary source. |
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... published 1904 Wife Livy dies 1904-1908 Resides in New York City 1905 King Leopold's Soliloquy published 1906 What Is Man ? privately published 1908 Captain Stormfield's Chapter 1: Introduction Religious or Irreligious!
... published 1904 Wife Livy dies 1904-1908 Resides in New York City 1905 King Leopold's Soliloquy published 1906 What Is Man ? privately published 1908 Captain Stormfield's Chapter 1: Introduction Religious or Irreligious!
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... AMT 26 . 17SCH 128 . 18Jane Clemens , " ENC . 19 AMT 16 . 20 Charles Neider , ed . The Complete Essays of Mark Twain ( Garden City NY : would lay her hand on the patient's jaw and say Doubleday , 1963 ) 413 . Along the Mississippi 11.
... AMT 26 . 17SCH 128 . 18Jane Clemens , " ENC . 19 AMT 16 . 20 Charles Neider , ed . The Complete Essays of Mark Twain ( Garden City NY : would lay her hand on the patient's jaw and say Doubleday , 1963 ) 413 . Along the Mississippi 11.
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... 113Thomas Bodine , ( Kansas City ) Star , 9 May 1912 . 114Holcombe , History of Marion County , 915 . 115HH & T 32 , 346 ; SCH 88-89 . replaced " Great God " with " Great Scott " 116 16AMT 90 . Along the Mississippi 31.
... 113Thomas Bodine , ( Kansas City ) Star , 9 May 1912 . 114Holcombe , History of Marion County , 915 . 115HH & T 32 , 346 ; SCH 88-89 . replaced " Great God " with " Great Scott " 116 16AMT 90 . Along the Mississippi 31.
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... city described in Revelation 2 : 8-11 , the New Testament book revered by prophecy searchers . One day the Millerites climbed a mountain in the area to flee forecasted destruction . While the ascensionists waited on high , a storm ...
... city described in Revelation 2 : 8-11 , the New Testament book revered by prophecy searchers . One day the Millerites climbed a mountain in the area to flee forecasted destruction . While the ascensionists waited on high , a storm ...
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... city . A learned physician in the audience then testified that the audience had experienced a miracle because Clemens had given accurate details of one of America's worst fire disasters . The doctor had witnessed it at the Richmond ...
... city . A learned physician in the audience then testified that the audience had experienced a miracle because Clemens had given accurate details of one of America's worst fire disasters . The doctor had witnessed it at the Richmond ...
Contents
Tpe AntiImperialist | 196 |
Biblical Usages | 215 |
Jewish Scriptures | 216 |
The New Testament | 235 |
Scriptural Affusions | 242 |
Theological Journey | 257 |
Views of Jesus | 271 |
Evil anb Freedom | 275 |
Travel Reflections | 75 |
Amid Liberal Caivmists | 83 |
In Hartforb | 105 |
Relations with Cable | 128 |
Justice m America | 137 |
Political Morality | 149 |
Race Relations | 156 |
Womens Rights | 175 |
AmbassaboratLarge | 181 |
In Europe | 182 |
Global Tour | 188 |
Versonal Immortality | 293 |
Final Quest | 307 |
Search for Healing | 315 |
Bittersweet Last Years | 322 |
Conclusion | 345 |
Ethics and Truth | 353 |
Humorist and Treacher | 357 |
The Tolerant Monotfest | 362 |
Bibliography | 371 |
Index | 377 |
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