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 This collection of historical documents, collateral readings, and commentary captures the stormy character of the slave-holding frontier on the eve of war and highlights the legacy of past conflicts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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... Walter Scott The ironic mixture of the highly civilized and the barbaric con- tinues throughout the novel . Take , for example , the implications of the ... Walter Scott's works is the last refuge of scoundrels and Literary Analysis 17.
... Walter Scott syndrome inevitably leads to ven- geance and violence . More than this , the Walter Scott code of honor and romance provide their adherents with ways of prettying up ugly realities and escaping the truth . Romance of the ...
... Walter Scott with his enchantments , and by his single might checks this wave of progress and even turns it back ; sets the world in love with dreams and phantoms ; with decayed and swinish forms of religion ; with decayed and degraded ...
Contents
Censorship and Race | 29 |
Kenney J Williams Mark Twains Racial Ambiguity | 41 |
Mark Twains Mississippi Valley | 47 |
Copyright | |
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