Understanding Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: A Student Casebook to Issues, Sources, and Historical DocumentsBloomsbury Academic, 1996 M06 24 - 264 pages Since the time of its publication in 1884, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn has generated heated controversy. One of the most frequently banned books in the history of literature, it raises issues of race relations, censorship, civil disobedience, and adolescent group psychology as relevant today as they were in the 1880s. This collection of historical documents, collateral readings, and commentary captures the stormy character of the slave-holding frontier on the eve of war and highlights the legacy of past conflicts in contemporary society. Among the source materials presented are: memoirs of fugitive slaves, a river gambler, a gunman, and Mississippi Valley settlers; the Southern Code of Honor; rules of dueling; and an interview with a 1990s gang member. |
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... Miss Watson The prime representative of civilization in the novel is Miss Wat- son . She is highly refined in her insistence on proper posture , table manners , and book learning . Though she is concerned with reli- gion , hers is a ...
... Miss Watson . Subsequently , he labels himself as immoral and a hopeless sinner when he remembers that he has not done anything to return Miss Watson's property . While he never comes to suspect that society might be wrong or that black ...
... Miss Watson The prime representative of civilization in the novel is Miss Wat- son . She is highly refined in her insistence on proper posture , table manners , and book learning . Though she is concerned with reli- gion , hers is a ...
Contents
Censorship and Race | 29 |
Kenney J Williams Mark Twains Racial Ambiguity | 41 |
Mark Twains Mississippi Valley | 47 |
Copyright | |
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