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• catalog abstract "In Sentimental Twain, Gregg Camfield examines the major and minor works of Mark Twain to redraw the boundaries between sentimentalism and realism in the second half of the nineteenth century. Beginning by taking the reactions to the question of race in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as a test case, Camfield reveals that sentimental ethics persist, though buried, in American culture, and he argues that Americans' ambivalent responses to sentimentalism explain some of the continuing controversy surrounding Mark Twain's work. Specifically, he contends, insofar as the liberal agenda remains substantially sentimental - especially when dealing with issues of race - today's readers of Twain participate in the same dialectic between sentimental compassion and realistic cynicism that Twain himself confronted. Camfield then traces the cultural development of this ethical dialectic and follows Mark Twain's reactions to it, showing that Twain was a closet sentimentalist whose public attacks on sentimentalism veiled a deep longing for a more compassionate world. Throughout, Sentimental Twain is grounded in a discussion of philosophical contexts of nineteenth-century American sentimental literature, paying particular attention to the Scottish Common Sense philosophers, but looking forward to the Pragmatism of William James.".
• catalog contributor b6430540.
• catalog created "c1994.".
• catalog date "1994".
• catalog date "c1994.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c1994.".
• catalog description "1. Two Views of Twain -- 2. The Real and Ideal in the Sentimental Tradition -- 3. A "Sensation Parson": or The Moral Philosophy of Newspaper Humor -- 4. Becoming a "Littery Man" -- 5. "Training is Everything" -- 6. "All Human Rules Are More or Less Idiotic" -- 7. Dreaming Better Dreams.".
• catalog description "In Sentimental Twain, Gregg Camfield examines the major and minor works of Mark Twain to redraw the boundaries between sentimentalism and realism in the second half of the nineteenth century. Beginning by taking the reactions to the question of race in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as a test case, Camfield reveals that sentimental ethics persist, though buried, in American culture, and he argues that Americans' ambivalent responses to sentimentalism explain some of the continuing controversy surrounding Mark Twain's work. Specifically, he contends, insofar as the liberal agenda remains substantially sentimental - especially when dealing with issues of race - today's readers of Twain participate in the same dialectic between sentimental compassion and realistic cynicism that Twain himself confronted. Camfield then traces the cultural development of this ethical dialectic and follows Mark Twain's reactions to it, showing that Twain was a closet sentimentalist whose public attacks on sentimentalism veiled a deep longing for a more compassionate world. Throughout, Sentimental Twain is grounded in a discussion of philosophical contexts of nineteenth-century American sentimental literature, paying particular attention to the Scottish Common Sense philosophers, but looking forward to the Pragmatism of William James.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-270) and index.".
• catalog extent "xvi, 279 p. ;".
• catalog hasFormat "Sentimental Twain.".
• catalog identifier "0812232852 (acid-free paper)".
• catalog isFormatOf "Sentimental Twain.".
• catalog issued "1994".
• catalog issued "c1994.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press,".
• catalog relation "Sentimental Twain.".
• catalog subject "818/.409 20".
• catalog subject "Didactic fiction, American History and criticism.".
• catalog subject "Emotions in literature.".
• catalog subject "Ethics in literature.".
• catalog subject "PS1342.P5 C36 1994".
• catalog subject "Philosophy in literature.".
• catalog subject "Sentimentalism in literature.".
• catalog subject "Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 Ethics.".
• catalog subject "Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 Philosophy.".
• catalog tableOfContents "1. Two Views of Twain -- 2. The Real and Ideal in the Sentimental Tradition -- 3. A "Sensation Parson": or The Moral Philosophy of Newspaper Humor -- 4. Becoming a "Littery Man" -- 5. "Training is Everything" -- 6. "All Human Rules Are More or Less Idiotic" -- 7. Dreaming Better Dreams.".
• catalog title "Sentimental Twain : Samuel Clemens in the maze of moral philosophy / by Gregg Camfield.".
• catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
• catalog type "text".