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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... social progress and human equality in addition to material success . During the 1830s , when they lived in Millport , about twenty miles from Elmira and at that time a thriving lumber and boat - building town on the Chemung Canal , they ...
... social progress and human equality in addition to material success . During the 1830s , when they lived in Millport , about twenty miles from Elmira and at that time a thriving lumber and boat - building town on the Chemung Canal , they ...
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... social life she had missed during her years in the sanitariums . By the time she met Clemens in New York City late in 1867 she was sufficiently recovered to join her family for their winter shopping and theater spree , but she was ...
... social life she had missed during her years in the sanitariums . By the time she met Clemens in New York City late in 1867 she was sufficiently recovered to join her family for their winter shopping and theater spree , but she was ...
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... social commitments suggested a very different profile from that which most of Twain's biographers had drawn , and I felt that this information was cru- cial to an understanding of the Clemens's relationship . With this , Samuel ...
... social commitments suggested a very different profile from that which most of Twain's biographers had drawn , and I felt that this information was cru- cial to an understanding of the Clemens's relationship . With this , Samuel ...
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... social history in Mark Twain in the Company of Women . Guy Cardwell's evaluations of Langdon in The Man Who Was Mark Twain15 also attempt to resurrect something of the historical figure . 14 I hope that this book will contribute to ...
... social history in Mark Twain in the Company of Women . Guy Cardwell's evaluations of Langdon in The Man Who Was Mark Twain15 also attempt to resurrect something of the historical figure . 14 I hope that this book will contribute to ...
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... social , and intellectual lives . Chapter 2 begins developing the cultural ambience of Lang- don and Clemens's courtship , focusing on Langdon's interests in science and introducing Clemens at the point of their greatest intellectual ...
... social , and intellectual lives . Chapter 2 begins developing the cultural ambience of Lang- don and Clemens's courtship , focusing on Langdon's interests in science and introducing Clemens at the point of their greatest intellectual ...
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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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