Abstract

The article analyses hell and heaven images in Mark Twain’s philosophical prose of the 1900s: “Captain Stormfield’s Visit to Heaven”, “No. 44, The Mysterious Stranger”, “Letters from the Earth”. Revealing the absurdity of the traditional conceptions of Hell and Heaven the American writer in his late philosophical prose suggests his own original conception of “earthly hell” and “earthly heaven”. The paper argues that depicting the place of ideal eternal life Mark Twain outlines prospects for an ideal society based on the principles of humanism and justice.

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