The Twain Doctrine
The midcentury resurgence of interest in Mark Twain’s life and work was fueled by the propaganda operations of both the U.S. and U.S.S.R.
Tag: Innocents Abroad
Athens By Moonlight: Mark Twain Tours Ancient Greece in The Innocents Abroad
Sam Clemens broke quarantine in 1867 to sneak into Athens and produce a vision of the “birthplace of democracy” that would appeal to American readers of the time.
On Material Sanctity (A Quarry Farm Testimonial)
Merav Schocken talks about her time at Quarry Farm and her research project on INNOCENTS ABROAD
Encountering Mark Twain in Palestine
Lubna Alzaroo discusses how Mark Twain’s descriptions have become part of contested claims of Israel upon Palestine.
Merav Schocken’s Park Church Lecture Now Available
Schocken explores Twain’s struggle between faith and doubt in relation to the Holy Land
Park Church Lecture Explores Mark Twain’s Self-Deception During His Holy Land Trip
Lecture is Wednesday, July 14 7:00pm at the Park Church
The Suez Canal, #Stuckboat, & The Sinews of War and Trade with Laleh Khalili
On the past, present, & future of the Suez Canal.
Laura Skandera Trombley’s Trouble Begins Lecture Now Available
Trombley discusses her own personal experiences following Twain’s path in the Holy Land
Spring Virtual ‘Trouble Begins’ Continues May 27
Laura Skandera Trombley will be discussing Twain’s trip to the Holy Land
150 Years Ago Mark Twain Celebrated New Years Eve By Debating How Drunk He Had Been During the Preceding Year & Listening to Charles Dickens Read David Copperfield With His Future Wife
1868 was a pretty important year for Sam Clemens. Over the course of it, he would turn the Quaker City cruise of the preceding year into a lucrative cross-country lecture tour and what would prove to be a bestselling book, The Innocents Abroad (1869). He made an extended stay in Washington, DC, gathering impressions which would form the basis for his first novel, The Gilded Age (1873), as well as several […]