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 This collection of historical documents, collateral readings, and commentary captures the stormy character of the slave-holding frontier on the eve of war and highlights the legacy of past conflicts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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... feel that way " ( 90 ) . Ironically , in the episode that follows this turning point in Huck and Jim's father - son relationship , Huck , who begins feeling pres- sured by the values of the slaveholding society of which he is a part ...
... feeling of great insecurity and loneliness . I was yet liable to be taken back , and subjected to all the tortures ... feel that he is pursued by merciless men - hunters , and in total darkness as to what to do , where to go , or where ...
... feel sorry for them in their bad luck . Most of all , Huck can forgive and he can apologize , even to a lowly slave . Why exactly are " honor " and romanticism either ridiculous or destructive in Twain's view ? To Twain there seems to ...
Contents
Censorship and Race | 29 |
Kenney J Williams Mark Twains Racial Ambiguity | 41 |
Mark Twains Mississippi Valley | 47 |
Copyright | |
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