…Great Popular Movement (2002) and co-editor of Mark Twain on the Move: A Travel Reader (2009). He has published articles on Mark Twain, humor, and travel writing in Studies in American Humor, South Atlantic Review, Studies…
…co-editor of Mark Twain on the Move: A Travel Reader (2009). He has published articles on Mark Twain, humor, and travel writing in Studies in American Humor, South Atlantic Review, Studies in Travel Writing, and…
…is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.” His poem, “Genius,” inverts that thesis, suggesting that the refusal to face life’s journeys may doom one to prejudice, bigotry, narrow-mindedness, and misanthropy….
…next forty years. In the closing pages of The Innocents Abroad, he writes perhaps his most important observation: “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people…
…series of short essays from Twain scholars who have written about the travel book and the voyage it describes. “Travel is Fatal to Prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of…
…M.A. in Museum Studies from Johns Hopkins University. “Mark Twain’s Roadshow: Travels, Travails, and the Inspirations of a Literary Giant” Laura DeMarco, Independent Scholar https://youtu.be/zeVa0QAmgps “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry,…
…is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts,” Mark Twain wrote in 1869. Few writers saw more of America, or…
…Inspirations of a Literary Giant,” presented by Laura DeMarco. The lecture is free and will be available to the public on marktwainstudies.org. “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness,…
…a Literary Giant,” presented by Laura DeMarco. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeVa0QAmgps “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts,” Mark Twain wrote…
A recent issue of NCTE’s English Journal includes a Special Section on “Teaching Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.” The editors open the section by acknowledging it “may offend some readers” and…
