Background
Ensor, Allison Rash was born on October 3, 1935 in Cookeville, Tennessee, United States. Son of Allison Rash Senior and Rosenell (Johnson) Ensor.
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Mark Twain enthusiasts will welcome this study of the great writer's attitude toward the Bible―and of the influence of Holy Writ upon both the man and the artist. While the theological beliefs of Twain have been well documented, Mr. Ensor's study is the first to consider only his familiarity with the Bible and the extensive use of it in his writings. The Bible elicited by turns pious, skeptical, comical, and even hostile reactions in Twain, but he could not ignore it. Mr. Ensor examines manifestations of these conflicting impulses from the early newspaper articles to the autobiographical dictations; he suggests that from the Bible Twain may have derived three images that recur in his works: the Prodigal Son (Twain often saw himself in the Bad Boy pose); Adam (representing for Twain an unjust loss of innocence he shared with all mankind); and Noah (Twain saw himself as a prophet warning civilization of impending doom).
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Ensor, Allison Rash was born on October 3, 1935 in Cookeville, Tennessee, United States. Son of Allison Rash Senior and Rosenell (Johnson) Ensor.
Bachelor, Tennessee Technology University, 1957. Master of Arts, University Tennessee, 1959. Postgraduate, Union Theological Seminary, New York City, 1960.
Doctor of Philosophy, Indiana University, 1965.
Assistant Professor of English, U. Tennessee, Knoxville, 1965-1971; associate professor, U. Tennessee, Knoxville, 1971-1980; professor, U. Tennessee, Knoxville, since 1980.
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Member Modern Language Association, South Atlantic Modern Language Association, Tennessee Philological Association (president 1977-1978), Kentucky-Tennessee American Studies Association (president 1984-1985, 2000-2001), Tennessee College English Association (secretary-treasurer 1975-2000), Society for Study of Southern Literature, Mark Twain Circle American.
Married Anne Lovell, August 20, 1958. Children: Elizabeth Anne, Edward Mark.