Originally posted by: Hamada Kassam on February 28, 2017In The Innocents Abroad (1869), Mark Twain’s first bestseller and one of the most successful travel narratives in American literature, the acclaimed young author singled out and celebrated Damascus in his...
Originally posted by: Center for Mark Twain Studies on July 26, 2022To The Country Sitting In Darkness: Mark Twain’s Satirical Debate On American Diplomacy (2022)The Culver Academies in northern Indiana have a proud tradition of producing Twainiacs. Hal...
Originally posted by: Charline Jao on April 21, 2022In “How to Tell a Story,” Mark Twain describes a distinctly American style of comedic delivery where what is said is less important than the way one says it:The humorous story is strictly a work of art—high and...
Originally posted by: Larry Howe on June 18, 2020My wife, Judy, and I just spent a blissful week at Quarry Farm. Early June in New York’s Finger Lakes region is a beautiful time—wildflowers add splashes of color to the landscape, bird songs add a soundtrack, and...
Originally posted by: Susan K. Harris on April 18, 2017 In his 1903 essay “Why Not Abolish It?,” Mark Twain argues that the age of consent for extramarital relations should be abolished for women. Twain’s underlying premises are that young women are not responsible...
Originally posted by: Christopher Gilbert on July 5, 2021A certain comic spirit, and perhaps more specifically a comic spirit of caricature, has long been caught up with U.S. cultural politics. From the “Join, or Die” provocation that appeared along with Benjamin...
Originally posted by: Ellen Gruber Garvey on October 28, 2020EDITOR’S NOTE: For more on the intersections of U.S. literature, politics, & 19th-century scrapbooks, please check out Prof. Garvey’s blog, Scrapbook History.As the November 3, 2020 election approaches,...
Originally posted by: Lubna Alzaroo on August 19th, 2021EDITOR’S NOTE: For more on the intersections of U.S. literature, politics, & 19th-century scrapbooks, please check out Prof. Garvey’s blog, Scrapbook History.The fight for US women’s right to vote went on...
Originally posted by: Shelley Fisher Fishkin on September 14, 2017 In literally thousands of extraordinary performances of his groundbreaking show, “Mark Twain Tonight!,” Hal Holbrook has brought Mark Twain alive for millions of people in the U.S. and around the world...
Originally posted by: Shelley Fisher Fishkin on February 21, 20192018 was the first year since 1954 that Hal Holbrook (who retired in September of 2017) did not perform “Mark Twain Tonight!” I compiled this video to honor him on his 94th Birthday (February 17th) and...