Pudd'nheah Wilson : a somber mark
Other Title(s)
بودنهيد ولسن : علامة كئيبة
Author
Source
Journal of Basrah Researches : Humanities
Issue
Vol. 34, Issue 1 (30 Jun. 2010), pp.107-120, 14 p.
Publisher
University of Basrah College of Education for Human Sciences
Publication Date
2010-06-30
Country of Publication
Iraq
No. of Pages
14
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Pudd 'nhead Wilson (henceforth PW) is a novel which is full of pessimism and despair.
This makes it different from the other works written by Mark Twain, Most of the novels written earlier by him are full of humour and this is why he has become a well-known humourist PW introduces the other face of Twain; that is, it depicts his seriousness in treating certain social problems during his lifetime.
After the failure of the Webster Publishing Company and his subsequent bankruptcy, Susie’s death in 1896 and the final collapse of the Piage, July, 1893, the forthcoming events had apparently cast their shadow ahead.
Cox (1966: 225) thinks that “The book, Pudd'nhead Wilson, was written in a desperate effort to stave off the financial disaster engulfing him." The caustic humour of PW sets it apart from its predecessors: a dry, bleak mirth that has a despairing hopelessness about it.
The Tragedy of Puddn’haad Wilson may be said to be Twain’s way of trying to come to terms with personal tragedy, guilt and despair.
It is really the tragedy of a black mother.
In Puddnhead Wilson the aura of idyllic freedom and innocent fun in the earlier novels is replaced by an atmosphere of cynicism and distrust, deceit and betrayal.
Twain depicts the rigid attitude regarding the distinction between races.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Husayn, Ali Mazlum. 2010. Pudd'nheah Wilson : a somber mark. Journal of Basrah Researches : Humanities،Vol. 34, no. 1, pp.107-120.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-326117
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Husayn, Ali Mazlum. Pudd'nheah Wilson : a somber mark. Journal of Basrah Researches : Humanities Vol. 34, no. 1 (2010), pp.107-120.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-326117
American Medical Association (AMA)
Husayn, Ali Mazlum. Pudd'nheah Wilson : a somber mark. Journal of Basrah Researches : Humanities. 2010. Vol. 34, no. 1, pp.107-120.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-326117
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 119
Record ID
BIM-326117