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

Author/creator Berkove, Lawrence I.
Other author Csicsila, Joseph, 1968-
Format Book
Publication InfoIowa City : University of Iowa Press, ©2010.
Descriptionxvi, 271 pages ; 23 cm
Subjects

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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2010002373
ISBN9781587299032 (alk. paper)
ISBN1587299038 (alk. paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks PS1342.R4 B47 2010 ✔ Available Place Hold