On the Mysterious Stranger

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The highest reach of M. Twain's last period is The Mysterious Stranger. It is almost perfect book-perfect in expression of his final drive, in imaginative projection of himself, in tone and tune, in final judgement on the nature of man and the experince of Twain. It is on a humbler level than his great books. More than any of them it is mark Twain somewhat in disregard of America. It is not a major work; but in its small way it is a masterpiece. Those who know and love him will always find it as revealing as Huckleberry Finn.
In this novel, Satan educates Theodor by sharing with him the truth about Moral Sense, the fact that man is not free, and the impossibility of human happiness. He teaches skillfully, far better than the Old Man of What is Man? for nearly always he finds examples, or creates them, in the boys' lives.

목차 (Table of Contents)

• Ⅰ. 序
• Ⅱ. Outline
• 1) 가상의 무대
• 2) Outline of the Story
• Ⅲ. Paltry Race
• 1) Moral Sense
• 2) Paltry Race
• Ⅳ. 結 語
• 참고문헌