by admin | May 5, 2025 | The Study
Originally posted by: Matt Seybold on April 21, 2019 Easter Sunday fell on April 21st in 1867. It seems likely that Samuel Clemens observed the holiday largely alone at the Westminster Hotel. He stood on the precipice of lasting fame. His “Jumping Frog” story had been...
by admin | May 5, 2025 | CMTS Events, The Study
Originally posted by: Matt Seybold on October 5, 2018 At the outset of his chapter on “The Economics of American Literary Realism” in The Routledge Companion to Literature & Economics (published today, by the way), Henry Wonham asks whether “the diverse set of...
by admin | May 4, 2025 | The Study
Originally posted by: Matt Seybold on October 28, 2016 In the recently published 2017 issue of Mark Twain Annual, Susan L. Eastman of University of Tennessee – Chattanooga discusses the distinctly contemporary resonances of a short story, “The War Prayer,” which was...
by admin | May 4, 2025 | Mark Twain's Portfolio
Originally posted by: Matt Seybold on June 19, 2019 EDITOR’S NOTE: Each installment of “Mark Twain’s Portfolio” can be read as a stand-alone essay, though together they will produce a more comprehensive account of Twain’s financial life. If you enjoy what follows,...
by admin | May 4, 2025 | The Study
Originally posted by: Matt Seybold on November 21, 2017 In 1905, Thanksgiving Day fell on the 30th of November, which also happened to be Sam Clemens’s 70th birthday. In his autobiography, he claims an effort was made “to get the President to select another day for...