The Reverend Mark Twain : theological burlesque, form, and content / [Joe B. Fulton].
| Author/creator | Fulton, Joe B., 1962- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Columbus : Ohio State University Press, ©2006. |
| Description | xiv, 228 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents |
| Subjects |
| Contents | "I was educated, I was trained, I was a Presbyterian" : conformity and critique in Mark Twain's religious dialogue -- "Prov'dence don't fire no blank ca'tridges, boys" : God, grotesques, and Sunday-school books in Mark Twain's Roughing it -- Mark Twain's hymns in prose : doxology and burlesque in The adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn -- Mark Twain's cruci-fictions : "The second advent" as a burlesque life of Christ -- The morphology of martyrdom : fairy tale, epic, and hagiography in Personal recollections of Joan of Arc -- Q: what do Socrates and the shorter catechism have in common? a: dialogic influences on Mark Twain's What is man? -- "Prophecy went out with the chicken guts" : No. 44, the mysterious stranger, and the Christian prophetic tradition. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-219) and index. |
| LCCN | 2005033137 |
| ISBN | 0814210244 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0814291015 (CD) |
| ISBN | 9780814210246 |
| ISBN | 9780814291016 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | PS1338 .F85 2006 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |