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 This collection of historical documents, collateral readings, and commentary captures the stormy character of the slave-holding frontier on the eve of war and highlights the legacy of past conflicts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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... believe in the Confederate cause . Within a very few months he decided that he was neither skilled nor dedicated to " the cause , " and he and a number of his fellow soldiers left the Civil War far behind , for the far West . As he ...
... believe mother thought the dog was of more importance against varmints than I was . But " Shedrick " and I both understood that I was the better for I could climb any tree in Missouri , and dig frozen ground with a pick , and follow ...
... believe such a thing had been done . The big boy then got on the mare with the smaller one and they went galloping off . I carried " Shed " home , which was about a quarter of a mile away , and he died that night . I believe that was ...
Contents
Censorship and Race | 29 |
Kenney J Williams Mark Twains Racial Ambiguity | 41 |
Mark Twains Mississippi Valley | 47 |
Copyright | |
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