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 This collection of historical documents, collateral readings, and commentary captures the stormy character of the slave-holding frontier on the eve of war and highlights the legacy of past conflicts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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... crowds in the novel . Pinpoint and describe them in a paper . Do any or all of these crowds have char- acteristics in common ? 11. Why doesn't Jim tell Huck that the dead man 24 Understanding Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
... common people who comprised the vast majority of the country's popula- tion . Andrew Jackson was identified with the frontier ideals of Mark Twain's youth . Jackson had his origins in the western frontier , having emerged from the newly ...
... common clay . Such benefactions as these compensate the temporary harm which Bonaparte and the Revolution did , and leave the world in debt to them for these great and permanent services to liberty , humanity , and progress . Then comes ...
Contents
Censorship and Race | 29 |
Kenney J Williams Mark Twains Racial Ambiguity | 41 |
Mark Twains Mississippi Valley | 47 |
Copyright | |
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