Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley door pickup 10am - 7pm 3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611

  • Open Daily: 10am - 10pm
    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
General Grant: By Matthew Arnold with a Rejoinder by Mark Twain

General Grant: By Matthew Arnold with a Rejoinder by Mark Twain

Simon

Paperback

Business BiographiesCanadian HistoryCivil War Period (1850-1877)

Publisher Price: $9.95

ISBN10: 0873385241
ISBN13: 9780873385244
Publisher: Kent State University Press
Published: Jun 7 1995
Pages: 68
Weight: 0.19
Height: 0.24 Width: 5.17 Depth: 7.18
Language: English
The editor has placed the dispute between Arnold and Twain in its historical perspective. The volume is especially significant because it adds a new dimension to Grant; it places him in relation to the literary men of that era.--Robert A. Waller, Civil War History General Grant by Matthew Arnold with a Rejoinder by Mark Twain presents conflicting essays and cultures. Matthew Arnold's 1886 essay on Grant praised the general and his posthumously published Memoirs, but to many Americans its tone seemed patronizing of their hero and country. Grant's friend and personal benefactor, Mark Twain, delivered a caustic rejoinder to the Army and Navy Club of Connecticut in April 1887. Thus Arnold became a pet prejudice of Twain's and may have served as an inspiration for A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. In this volume, Twain's rejoinder is published in a correct text for the first time since the Hartford Courant printed his speech.

Also from

Simon

View All

Also in

Civil War Period (1850-1877)

View All