Mark Twain���s Joan of Arc

<p>This book is about the political wisdom embodied in <em>Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc</em> by Mark Twain the self-declared best book by arguably America���s greatest author. More precisely this study illuminates Twain���s political wisdom by examining his approach to the theological-political problem; it takes up Twain���s handling of the question of whether a providential deity intervenes in human affairs so as to effectuate divine justice on earth and it does this through a commentary on his last complete novel. Through this investigation Twain prompts his audience to explore the natural conventional or divine basis for justice in political life. Such a study is critical for understanding Twain���s corpus concerned as it is with the tension between material determinism and moral agency. Dobski argues that Twain���s last novel prepares his readers to adopt a ���new��� understanding of man and his relationship to God his country and his fellow man.</p>