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 This collection of historical documents, collateral readings, and commentary captures the stormy character of the slave-holding frontier on the eve of war and highlights the legacy of past conflicts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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... Kill them , kill them ! " It made me so sick I most fell out of the tree . I ain't a going to tell all that happened - it would make me sick again if I was to do that . I wished I hadn't ever come ashore that night , to see such things ...
... Kill them , kill them ! " It made me so sick I most fell out of the tree . I ain't a going to tell all that happened — it would make me sick again if I was to do that . I wished I hadn't ever come ashore that night , to see such things ...
... kill and maim by the rules , in genteel fashion . Yet because it is romance , it is all ridiculous pre- tense ... killing a gang member who interfered when " we stood on our rights . " The thieves , obsessed with the appear- ance of ...
Contents
Censorship and Race | 29 |
Kenney J Williams Mark Twains Racial Ambiguity | 41 |
Mark Twains Mississippi Valley | 47 |
Copyright | |
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