Mark Twain by Ron Chernow Summary
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Ron Chernow unmasks Mark Twain's dazzling contradictions in this 1,174-page masterpiece. While redefining America's literary icon, it arrives amid our racial reckoning, perfectly timed with Everett's Pulitzer-winning "James." What shocking truths about Twain's evolution will challenge everything you thought you knew?
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The Man Who Defined American Literature
Mark Twain was far more than the benign white-suited humorist many imagine. Behind that carefully crafted persona lurked a sharp-tongued critic who delivered uncomfortable truths about society and human nature. William Dean Howells captured this perfectly when noting "what a bottom of fury there is to your fun." Twain's growing pessimism stood in stark contrast to America's traditional optimism, making him a fascinating anomaly-immensely popular yet fiercely critical of the world around him. What made Twain revolutionary was his transformation of American authorship. He abandoned the image of the contemplative writer for that of a celebrity engaged in the hurly-burly of American life. His career spanned roles as printer, pilot, miner, journalist, novelist, platform artist, publisher, inventor, and investor. He created a distinctly American literary voice by capturing the vernacular of western towns and small villages, making him the first to truly elevate American speech to literary status. Before Twain, American writers often imitated European models. After him, American literature found its authentic voice. Beyond his literary achievements, Twain was remarkably cosmopolitan, spending eleven years abroad and crossing the Atlantic twenty-nine times. His evolution from southwestern humorist to northeastern liberal with radical views on religion, slavery, aristocracy, and colonialism reveals a mind constantly growing and challenging itself. Though born into a slave-owning family, he transcended his southern roots to befriend Frederick Douglass and forcefully denounce racial bigotry-becoming what Howells called "the most desouthernized southerner I ever met."
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