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Challenging the prevailing belief that Mark Twain s position on religion hovered somewhere between skepticism and outright heresy, Lawrence Berkove and Joseph Csicsila marshal biographical details of Twain s life alongside close readings of his work to explore the religious faith of America s most beloved writer and humorist. They conclude not only that religion was an important factor in Twain s life but also that the popular conception of Twain as agnostic, atheist, or apostate is simply wrong.
"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 Stranger" as well as some of his major short stories. The result is a ground-breaking and unconventional portrait of a seminal figure in American letters.
- Format: Trade Paperback
- Author: Berkove, Lawrence I.
- ISBN: 9781587299032
- Condition: Used
- Dimensions: 8.90 x 0.90
- Number Of Pages: 271
- Publication Year: 2010
Language:
English