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 This collection of historical documents, collateral readings, and commentary captures the stormy character of the slave-holding frontier on the eve of war and highlights the legacy of past conflicts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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... Negro in American Fiction . Washington , D.C .: As- sociates in Negro Folk Education , 1935 . Burress , Lee , and Edward Jenkinson . The Student's Right to Know . Ur- bana , Ill .: National Council of Teachers of English , 1982 ...
... negro was arrested and lodged in the jail at Troy . There he remained until the first day of January . A neighbor of Thornhill's , by the name of Calloway , was in Troy on that day . Mounted on a block in front of Parker's store , he ...
... Negro History Press , 1969 . Blassingame , John W. The Slave Community . New York : Oxford Univer- sity Press , 1972 . Blassingame , John W. , ed . Slave Testimony . Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press , 1977 . Bontemps ...
Contents
Censorship and Race | 29 |
Kenney J Williams Mark Twains Racial Ambiguity | 41 |
Mark Twains Mississippi Valley | 47 |
Copyright | |
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