| Description |
208 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
The Greenhaven Press literary companion to American literature |
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Greenhaven Press literary companion to American literature.
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| Bibliography |
"Works by Mark Twain": pages 201-203. |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 198-200) and index. |
| Contents |
ch. 1. Storyteller's art -- Huckleberry Finn is art drawn from life / Brander Matthews -- Precisely the right tone of voice / Victor A. Doyno -- Use of humor helps point up Huck's moral dilemma / James M. Cox -- Huck Finn forced mark Twain to become a master novelist / Alfred Kazin -- Games: a key to understanding Huckleberry Finn / Ralph Cohen -- ch. 2. Images of America in Huckleberry Finn -- Extraordinary characters among provincial country folk / Horace Spencer Fiske -- Huck Finn as a symbol of Jacksonian ideals / Andrew Jay Hoffman -- Satire on American institutions / Gladys Carmen Bellamy -- American civilization threatens to destroy Huck / Jay Martin -- ch. 3. Issues of race in Huckleberry Finn -- Huckleberry Finn is racist trash / John H. Wallace -- Irony of an "uncivilized" friendship / Richard K. Barksdale -- Mark Twain and African American voices / Shelley Fisher Fishkin -- Blackface minstrels influenced many aspects of Huck Finn / Eric Lott -- Huckleberry Finn versus Uncle Tom's Cabin / Jane Smiley -- ch. 4. Problematic ending of Huckleberry Finn -- Bitterly comic inversion of tragic truth / Joyce A. Rowe -- Psychoanalytic study of the ending of Huckleberry Finn / Jose Barchilon and Loel S. Kovel -- Savage indictment of "the best authorities" / Carson Gibb -- Beautifully crafted ending / Richard Hill. |
| Subject |
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
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Adventure stories, American -- History and criticism.
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Finn, Huckleberry (Fictitious character)
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Mississippi River -- In literature.
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Boys in literature.
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| Added Author |
De Koster, Katie, 1948-
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| ISBN |
1565108191 lib. alkaline paper |
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1565108183 paperback alkaline paper |
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