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

The Kent State University Press

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0873385241 ISBN 13: 9780873385244

Publisher: Kent State University Press, 1995

Synopsis

This text reproduces Arnold's essay of 1886 on Grant, and Twain's rejoinder to the Army and Navy Club of Connecticut. Arnold's essay praised Grant, but to many Americans its tone seemed patronizing of their hero and country.

About this title

About the Author

The late John Y. Simon was professor of history at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale and executive director of the Ulysses S. Grant Association. He was editor of The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant.

From the Back Cover

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Kent State University Press
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0873385241
• ISBN 13: 9780873385244
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 72