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

By: Bush, Harold K. (Harold Karl), 1956-.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Series: Studies in American literary realism and naturalism: Publisher: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2007Description: 340 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.Subject(s): Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Religion | Christianity and literature -- United States -- History -- 19th centuryGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 818/.409 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
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.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-331) and index.

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.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.