The Letters of Mark Twain and Joseph Hopkins Twichell

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.

About the author

Harold K. Bush (Editor)
HAROLD K. BUSH was a professor English at Saint Louis University and the author of three books, including Mark Twain and the Spiritual Crisis of His Age.

Steve Courtney (Editor)
STEVE COURTNEY, an independent scholar, has worked for more than three decades as a journalist and has had several positions at the Hartford Courant. He is a coeditor of The Civil War Letters of Joseph Hopkins Twichell (Georgia).

Peter Messent (Editor)
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, Howells, and Rogers Friendships.

Summary

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 that offers insights into their literary, political, and cultural lives.

Product details

• Authors: Harold K. (EDT)/ Courtney Bush, Mark Twain
• Assisted by: Harold Bush (Editor), Harold K Bush (Editor), Harold K. Bush (Editor), Steve Courtney (Editor), Peter Messent (Editor)
• Publisher: The University of Georgia Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2017
• EAN: 9780820350752
• ISBN: 978-0-8203-5075-2
• No. of pages: 447
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 241 mm x 32 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Anthologien (nicht Lyrik), BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Letters, Literature - Classics / Criticism