Mark Twain and Philosophy (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Goldman, Alan

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Mark Twain, the "Father of American Literature," and renowned humorist, satirist, and commentator on humanity and American life, is best known for his classic, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Twain's body of work, however, is expansive; from Adventures of Tom Sawyer and A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court to the travelogue The Innocents Abroad and essays on human nature, religion, science, and literature, no aspect of life is left untouched by Twain. His portrayal of American life, ripe with the contradictions of America's ideals and its actual practices, as well as his characters, at once fantastical and completely human, provide a window onto humanity and social life. As the third book in the Great Authors and Philosophy series, Mark Twain and Philosophy reveals deeper issues raised by Twain's work and speaks to his continued relevance as a social commentator interrogating issues fundamental to our lives. From slavery, freedom, and human rights, to science, parapsychology, and religion, this book exposes how Twain's body of work touches every corner of human experience.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Oktober 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781442261723
• Artikelnr.: 48792875

Autorenporträt

Edited by Alan Goldman

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Alan H. Goldman Part I: Morality in Huckleberry Finn Chapter 1: The Conscience of Huckleberry Finn
Jonathan Bennett Chapter 2: Huckleberry Finn and Moral Motivation
Alan H. Goldman Chapter 3: Sympathy
Principles
and Conscience: Getting to the Heart of Huck Finn's Moral Praiseworthiness
Robert Fudge Chapter 4: Huckleberry Finn's Struggle between Sympathy and Moral Principle Reconsidered
Michael Lyons Chapter 5: Twain's Last Laugh
Kristina Gehrman Part II: Twain on Religion Chapter 6: The Gospel According to Mark (Twain)
Craig Vasey Chapter 7: Mark Twain and the Problem of Evil: The Mysterious Stranger
Letters from the Earth
and The Diaries of Adam and Eve
James M. McLachlan Part III: Moral Issues Chapter 8: The Noble Art of Lying
James Edwin Mahon Chapter 9: Twain's Critique of Human Exceptionalism: "The Descent of Man" and the Anti-Vivisection Movement
Emily E. VanDette Part IV: Literary Devices Chapter 10: Mark Twain's Serious Humor and that Peculiar Institution: Christianity
Chris A. Kramer Chapter 11: Socratic Irony in Twain's Skeptical Religious Jeremiads
Dale Jacquette Part V: Comparison to Other Philosophers Chapter 12: The American Diogenes: Mark Twain's Sacred Profanity
Brian Earl Johnson Chapter 13: An Epicurean Consideration of Superstitions in Mark Twain and in the Good Life
Jennifer Baker Chapter 14: Moral Value and Moral Psychology in Twain's "Carnival of Crime"
Frank Boardman Chapter 15: Making the Heart Grow Fonder: Twain
Psychical Distance
and Aesthetic Experience
Jeffrey Dueck Notes Index About the Editor and Contributors