Honors Program
Honors in English
Date of Award
5-2013
Thesis Professor(s)
Mark Holland
Thesis Professor Department
Literature and Language
Thesis Reader(s)
Joel Ryman, Judith Slagle
Abstract
This thesis discusses an explication of the key criticisms Mark Twain levies against modern day Christians, the Church, and God. While some scholarly sources are employed, the main comparison of Twain’s Letters from the Earth comes from the book he most often references in Letters: the Bible. This work also examines a few select points of his later life in the context of his writing.
Document Type
Honors Thesis - Open Access
Creative Commons License
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Recommended Citation
Walden, Zachary R., "An Explication of Satire in Mark Twain’s Letters from the Earth." (2013). Undergraduate Honors Theses. Paper 146. https://dc.etsu.edu/honors/146
Copyright
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