1 option
Mark Twain : preacher, prophet, and social philosopher / Gary Scott Smith.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Smith, Gary Scott, 1950- author.
- Series:
- Spiritual lives.
- Spiritual Lives
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Authors, American--19th century--Biography.
- Authors, American.
- Twain, Mark, 1835-1910--Religion.
- Twain, Mark.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvi, 251 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2021.
- Summary:
- Smith offers an engaging biography of one of the world's most inspiring, humorous, and provocative authors. He analyzes Mark Twain's constantly changing views of Christianity, humanity, the afterlife, and other theological topics, thereby providing a window into the spiritual crisis of the Gilded Age.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- 1835-1860 : life along and on the Mississippi
- The 1860s : journalism, a pilgrimage, and courtship
- The 1870s : Hartford as a religious haven
- The 1880s : in Hartford as in heaven
- The 1890s : a troubled time
- The 1900s : trying to make sense of life
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-239) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-264795-4
- 0-19-191579-3
- 0-19-264794-6
- OCLC:
- 1260343156
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.