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Gilded Age, A Tale of Today

Gilded Age, A Tale of Today

著者： Mark Twain Charles Dudley Warner
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The Gilded Age A Tale of Today, co-authored by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner in 1873, offers a sharp satire of the greed and political corruption that permeated post-Civil War America. The term Gilded Age, which has become synonymous with this era, derives from the title of this novel, inspired by Shakespeares King John (1595) To gild refined gold, to paint the lily... is wasteful and ridiculous excess. This phrase highlights the absurdity of embellishing something already beautiful, a fitting metaphor for the excesses of the time. The title also suggests a stark contrast between an ideal Golden Age and the flawed reality of the Gilded Age, where superficial appearances mask deeper flaws. Although it may not be Twains most famous work, the novel has been published in over 100 editions since its debut, and is notable for being the only novel Twain wrote in collaboration with another author. Its title quickly came to symbolize the themes of graft, materialism, and corruption that defined public life during that period.Copyright Comedy and Fairy Tales アート 政治・政府 政治学 文学史・文学批評
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