What Is Man? and Other Philosophical Writings by Mark Twain (1973, Hardcover)

University of California Press

What Is Man? and Other Philosophical WritingsAuthor(s): Mark Twain, Paul Baender\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of California Press, United States\nImprint: University of California Press\nISBN-13: 9780520016217, 978-0520016217\nSynopsis\nThe volume includes Mark Twain's previously published philosophical writing. Fictional pieces (even some which develop arguments contained here) are ordinarily excluded, as are other works appropriate to different volumes in this edition. However, \""Letter from the Recording Angel,\"" \""The Five Boons of Life,\"" and \""Letters from the Earth,\"" although they are in a strict sense fictional, have been judged more relevant to the present volume that to the volumes of short fiction. \""Things a Scotsman Wants to Know,\"" previously unpublished, is included by agreement with the editor of The Mark Twain Papers, as being especially relevant to themes of this volume. Other unpublished items appear as supplements because of their close relation to Wh.