Bernard J. Dobski: Mark Twain¿s Joan of Arc, Gebunden

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This book is about the political wisdom embodied in Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc by Mark Twain, the self-declared best book by arguably Americäs greatest author. More precisely, this study illuminates Twain s political wisdom by examining his approach to the theological-political problem; it takes up Twain s handling of the question of whether a providential deity intervenes in human affairs so as to effectuate divine justice on earth and it does this through a commentary on his last complete novel. Through this investigation, Twain prompts his audience to explore the natural, conventional, or divine basis for justice in political life. Such a study is critical for understanding Twain s corpus, concerned as it is with the tension between material determinism and moral agency. Dobski argues that Twain s last novel prepares his readers to adopt a new understanding of man and his relationship to God, his country, and his fellow man.