| Description |
xvi, 271 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-260) and index. |
| Contents |
Twain's countertheology : I have always preached -- Roughing it : the dream of the good life -- Adventures of Tom Sawyer : a company so small as to be hardly worth the saving -- Adventures of Huckleberry Finn : the hoax of freedom -- A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court : the eclipse of hope -- No. 44, the mysterious stranger : the false promise of the mind -- The last letters from Earth : between despair and compassion. |
| Summary |
Berkove and Csicsila set forth the main elements of Twain's "countertheological" interpretation of Calvinism and analyze in detail the way it shapes five of his major books---Roughing It, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, and No. 44, The Mysterious Stranger---as well as some of his major short stories. The result is a groundbreaking and unconventional portrait of a seminal figure in American letters. |
| Subject |
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Religion.
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Religion in literature.
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| Added Author |
Csicsila, Joseph, 1968-
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| ISBN |
9781587299032 (alk. paper) |
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1587299038 (alk. paper) |
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