The jester and the sages : Mark Twain in conversation with Nietzsche, Freud, and Marx

175 Pages·2011·1.26 MB·English

by  Twain, Mark, Robinson, Forrest Glen, Brahm, Gabriel, Carlstroem, Catherine, Twain, Mark

Jester Sages
and the
The
Mark Twain and His Circle Series
Tom Quirk, Editor

University of Missouri Press
Columbia and London
Forrest G. Robinson
Gabriel Noah Brahm Jr.
Catherine Carlstroem
Jester Sages
and the
The

Mark Twain in Conversation with
Nietzsche, Freud, and Marx
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I have studied the human race with diligence and strong in-
terest all these years in my own person; in myself I find in big or
little proportion every quality and every defect that is findable in
the mass of the race.
—Mark Twain, Autobiography

Contents
Acknowledgments xi
Abbreviations xiii
Introduction
Forrest G. Robinson 1
One
Twain and Nietzsche
Gabriel Noah Brahm Jr. and Forrest G. Robinson 8
Two
Twain and Freud
Forrest G. Robinson 33
Three
Twain and Marx
Catherine Carlstroem and Forrest G. Robinson 89
Conclusion
Catherine Carlstroem 135
Works Cited 145
Index 149