| Description |
155 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
Social issues in literature |
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Social issues in literature.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The life of Mark Twain -- Race in Huck Finn -- Issues of race in the twenty-first century. |
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A river child, a wanderer, an outcast / Pascal Covici, Jr. -- Twain's river culture / Lewis Leary -- Runaway slaves in Sam Clemens's world / Terrell Dempsey -- A blending of black and white voices / Shelly Fisher Fishkin -- "All right then, I'll go to hell" / Jonathan Arac -- Property and race / Jocelyn Chadwick-Joshua -- The inversion of black and white / Carl F. Wieck -- A racist civilization vs. freedom / David E.E. Sloane -- Huck's tricks and Jim's deception / Forrest G. Robinson -- Counter conversion / Norris W. Yates -- Losing brotherhood in the "evasion" / Arthur G. Pettit -- In defense of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn / Toni Morrison -- Romanticism, religion, and racism / David L. Smith -- Some children left behind / Christopher Knaus -- On race: toward a more perfect union / Brack Obama -- Racism on the campaign trail / Kevin Merida -- Still slavery, still racism / Larry Lipman. |
| Summary |
Collection of essays discussing whether Mark Twain's book is racist, the issue of race in the novel itself, and race relations in 21st century America. |
| Subject |
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn -- Juvenile literature.
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Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Juvenile literature.
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Race relations in literature -- Juvenile literature.
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Twain, Mark, 1835-1910. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
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Race relations in literature.
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| Added Author |
Johnson, Claudia Durst, 1938-
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| ISBN |
9780737746167 hardcover |
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9780737746174 paperback |
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0737746165 hardcover |
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0737746173 paperback |
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