The Courtship of Olivia Langdon and Mark TwainCambridge University Press, 1996 - Počet stran: 202 Passionate readers both, Olivia Langdon and Mark Twain courted through books, spelling out their expectations through literary references as they corresponded during their frequent separations. Surprisingly, in the process Olivia Langdon reveals herself not as a hypochondriacal hysteric, as many twentieth-century critics have portrayed her, but as a thoughtful intellectual, widely read in literature, history and modern science. Not so surprisingly, Samuel Clemens reveals himself as a critic and a sceptic, lampooning Langdon's physics lessons and her literary heroines. He also shows himself as an astute strategist, carefully manipulating Langdon and her parents. At the same time, Clemens's letters exhibit his own conservatism about women's nature and women's roles, while Langdon's show her carefully choosing from her culture's array of possible role models. |
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... interests even while he sought to win her love . While Langdon's letters show her carefully considering her culture's array of possible role models , Twain's exhibit his conservatism about women's nature and roles . At the same time ...
... interests even while he sought to win her love . While Langdon's letters show her carefully considering her culture's array of possible role models , Twain's exhibit his conservatism about women's nature and roles . At the same time ...
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... interest in Elmira history was directly responsible for its inception . I first visited the Elmira Center for Mark Twain Studies at Quarry Farm in 1988. Though I had published a book on Twain in the early 1980s , I had moved away from ...
... interest in Elmira history was directly responsible for its inception . I first visited the Elmira Center for Mark Twain Studies at Quarry Farm in 1988. Though I had published a book on Twain in the early 1980s , I had moved away from ...
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... interests during her time in therapy ; after 1866 her mother's diary , as well as Langdon's own letters to her friend Alice Hooker , and Hooker's letters to her mother Isabella , indi- cate that much of Langdon's energy was devoted to ...
... interests during her time in therapy ; after 1866 her mother's diary , as well as Langdon's own letters to her friend Alice Hooker , and Hooker's letters to her mother Isabella , indi- cate that much of Langdon's energy was devoted to ...
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... interests in science and introducing Clemens at the point of their greatest intellectual difference . Elmira in the 1860s was typical of many postbellum American towns in supporting several scientific insti- tutions , including an ...
... interests in science and introducing Clemens at the point of their greatest intellectual difference . Elmira in the 1860s was typical of many postbellum American towns in supporting several scientific insti- tutions , including an ...
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A Commonplace Book | 14 |
Philosophy Chemistry Science Study in 1860s Elmira | 46 |
Negotiating Differences Love Letters and Love Texts | 70 |
Conning Books Olivia Langdon and Samuel Clemenss Joint Reading | 106 |
Marriage | 135 |
Notes | 175 |
Works Cited | 191 |
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