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The Letters of Mark Twain and Joseph Hopkins Twichell
Harold K. Bush
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Description for The Letters of Mark Twain and Joseph Hopkins Twichell
Hardcover. Contains the complete texts of all known correspondence between Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain) and Joseph Hopkins Twichell. Theirs was a rich exchange. The long, deep friendship of Clemens and Twichell - a Congregationalist minister of Hartford, Connecticut - rarely fails to surprise, given the general reputation Twain has of being antireligious. Editor(s): Bush, Harold K., Jr.; Courtney, Steve; Messent, Peter. Num Pages: 512 pages, 14 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
This book contains the complete texts of all known correspondence between Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain) and Joseph Hopkins Twichell. Theirs was a rich exchange. The long, deep friendship of Clemens and Twichell-a Congregationalist minister of Hartford, Connecticut-rarely fails to surprise, given the general reputation Twain has of being antireligious. Beyond this, an examination of the growth, development, and shared interests characterizing that friendship makes it evident that as in most things about him, Mark Twain defies such easy categorization or judgment. From the moment of their first encounter in 1868, a rapport was established. When Twain ... Read more
This book contains the complete texts of all known correspondence between Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain) and Joseph Hopkins Twichell. Theirs was a rich exchange. The long, deep friendship of Clemens and Twichell-a Congregationalist minister of Hartford, Connecticut-rarely fails to surprise, given the general reputation Twain has of being antireligious. Beyond this, an examination of the growth, development, and shared interests characterizing that friendship makes it evident that as in most things about him, Mark Twain defies such easy categorization or judgment. From the moment of their first encounter in 1868, a rapport was established. When Twain ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
512
Place of Publication
Georgia, United States
ISBN
9780820350752
SKU
V9780820350752
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About Harold K. Bush
Harold K. Bush is a professor of English at Saint Louis University and the author of three books, including Mark Twain and the Spiritual Crisis of His Age. Peter Messent is the Emeritus Professor of Modern American Literature at the University of Nottingham and the author of several books, including Mark Twain and Male Friendship: The Twichell, ... Read more
Reviews for The Letters of Mark Twain and Joseph Hopkins Twichell
Reviewed by the Times Literary Supplement, October 2018 Meticulously edited and annotated... Had Twain not been so famous, the completist urge to gather, edit and interpret everything he wrote might not have given rise to this volume. But under the direction of Harold K. Bush, Steve Courtney and Peter Messent, handsomely ... Read more