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The Courtship of Olivia Langdon and Mark Twain (Paperback)
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The Courtship of Olivia Langdon and Mark Twain (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Studies in American Literature and Culture
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Passionate readers both, Olivia Langdon and Mark Twain courted
through books, spelling out their expectations through literary
references as they corresponded during their frequent separations.
Surprisingly, in the process Olivia Langdon reveals herself not as
a hypochondriacal hysteric, as many twentieth-century critics have
portrayed her, but as a thoughtful intellectual, widely read in
literature, history and modern science. Not so surprisingly, Samuel
Clemens reveals himself as a critic and a sceptic, lampooning
Langdon's physics lessons and her literary heroines. He also shows
himself as an astute strategist, carefully manipulating Langdon and
her parents. At the same time, Clemens's letters exhibit his own
conservatism about women's nature and women's roles, while
Langdon's show her carefully choosing from her culture's array of
possible role models.
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