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Author : Redux Consortium
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0991152360
Author : Mark Twain
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Page : 413 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780820316505
This volume collects the most important writings by Mark Twain in which he used biblical settings, themes, and figures. Featuring Twain's singular portrayals of God, Adam, Eve, Satan, Methuselah, Shem, St. Peter, and others, the writings stand among Twain's most imaginative expressions of his views on human nature and humankind's relation to the Creator and the universe. Composed over four decades (1871-1910), the writings range from farce to fantasy to satire, each one bearing the mark of Twain's unmistakable wit and insight. Among the many delights in store for readers are Adam and Eve's divergent accounts of their domestic troubles; Methuselah's discussion of an ancient version of baseball, complete with a parody of baseball jargon; Shem's hand-wringing account of how material shortages and labor troubles were hampering the progress of the ark his father, Noah, was building; a description of the disruptive actions of the fire-and-brimstone evangelist Sam Jones upon arriving in heaven; Captain Stormfield's revelations of what heaven is really like; Satan's musings on our puerile concepts of the afterlife; and Twain's advice on how to dress and tip properly in heaven. Twain's humor, however, is never gratuitous. As readers laugh their way through this volume, they will find ample evidence of Twain's concerns about scriptural fallacies and inconsistencies, the Bible's rather flat portrayal of important characters, and our limited notions about the nature and meaning of our own--and God's--existence. Many of the pieces in this collection, even the most lighthearted, might still be considered controversial; of some of the darker pieces, Twain himself acknowledged that they would be heretical in any age. Moreover, these writings are valuable cultural artifacts of a time when, across the Western world, fundamental religious beliefs were being called into question by the precepts of Darwinism and the rapid advances of science and technology. Several of this volume's selections are previously unpublished; others, like Letters from the Earth, are classics. Virtually all have been newly edited to reflect as closely as possible Twain's final intentions for their form and content. For serious Twain devotees, editors Howard G. Baetzhold and Joseph B. McCullough have supplied an abundance of background material on the writings, including details on the history of their composition, publication, and relevance to the Twain canon.
Author : Mark Twain
Publisher : Modern Library
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2007-12-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307431981
This unique collection of Twain’s essential short stories and semiautobiographical narratives is a testament to the author’s vast imagination. Featuring popular tales such as “Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog” and “The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg,” as well as some delightful excerpts from The Diaries of Adam and Eve, this compilation also includes darker works written in the author’s twilight years. These selections illuminate the depth of Twain’s artistry, humor, irony, and narrative genius.
Author : William Jerdan,William Ring Workman,Frederick Arnold,John Morley,Charles Wycliffe Goodwin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 862 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1818
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015030329752
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 850 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1818
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UTEXAS:059171104775450
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 658 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1843
Category : Bible
ISBN : CHI:090159213
Author : rev Andrew Cameron
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 764 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1861
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:555026765
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1818
Category : Electronic
ISBN : SRLF:A0004035150
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 842 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1818
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UCAL:C2535150
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1852
Category : American literature
ISBN : UTEXAS:059172131098331
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1022 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1886
Category : Electronic
ISBN : PRNC:32101064461781
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1020 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1886
Category : Women
ISBN : RUTGERS:39030026286809
Author : Adam Fagin
Publisher : Mountain West Poetry
Page : 81 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781885635679
"Furthest Ecology takes up the life and labor of Abbott Thayer, the prickly, irrepressible American painter and naturalist nicknamed "the father of camouflage." In 1896, Thayer discovered countershading, also known as "Thayer's Law," the theory of animal coloration often credited for laying the groundwork for military camouflage in World War I. Fagin's poetry follows Thayer through "pure leafy space" ringing with "hypertelic / rhythms of a redpoll," examining in lush, panoramic detail "the clairvoyance of the artist's attention." But this idyllic portrait unravels as Thayer's story proceeds. Grieving the death of his first wife and, later, cutting a frenzied path through wartime Europe, Thayer encounters darker forces, within and without. With spare beauty and sharp-edged syntax, Fagin conjures the painter's world: Loss, despair, obsession, ecstasy, and the aesthetic sublime. Furthest Ecology is a vivid and powerful debut that will haunt readers with its singular vision of artistic pursuit"--Provided by publisher.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1863
Category : Electronic
ISBN : MINN:31951000743270W
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 886 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1848
Category : English literature
ISBN : OXFORD:555031446