Mark Twain
Mark Twain Mark Twain's literary works have intrigued and inspired readers from the late 1860s to the present. He strove to understand, critique, and sometimes promote various theological ideas and…
Specifikacia Mark Twain
Mark Twain
Mark Twain's literary works have intrigued and inspired readers from the late 1860s to the present. He strove to understand, critique, and sometimes promote various theological ideas and insights. His varied experiences as a journeyman printer, river boat pilot, prospector, journalist, novelist, humorist, businessman, and world traveller, combined with his incredible imagination and astonishing creativity, enabled him to devise some of American literature's most memorable characters and engaging stories.Twain had a complicated relationship with Christianity.
While many scholars have overlooked Twain's strong interest in religious matters, others disagree sharply about his religious views--with many labelling him a secularist, an agnostic, or an atheist. His religious perspective was often inconsistent and even contradictory. In this compelling biography, Gary Scott Smith shows that