Heretical fictions : religion in the literature of Mark Twain / by Lawrence I. Berkove and Joseph Csicsila.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Berkove, Lawrence I., 1930-2018

Contributor:

Csicsila, Joseph, 1968-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Twain, Mark, 1835-1910--Religion.

Twain, Mark.

Religion in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Heretical Fictions is the first full-length study to assess the importance of Twain's heretical Calvinism as the foundation of his major works, bringing to light important thematic ties that connect the author's early work to his high period and from there to his late work. 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 Stran

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781587299377

1587299372

OCLC:

663882704