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 This collection of historical documents, collateral readings, and commentary captures the stormy character of the slave-holding frontier on the eve of war and highlights the legacy of past conflicts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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... novel was spoken by many Americans in the nineteenth century and nowhere else in the world . Second , its language ... novel , he used at least seven different middle - American dialects , which students of language have sub- sequently ...
... novel is based on the por- trayal of black characters in general and Jim in particular . In Twain's novel , critics contend , black characters , including Jim , are reduced to minstrel or childlike roles which deny their humanity and ...
... novel in public schools argue that the novel will tend to worsen race relations in every way — that black students will lose self - esteem , that white stu- dents will have their prejudices reinforced , and that studying the novel could ...
Contents
Censorship and Race | 29 |
Kenney J Williams Mark Twains Racial Ambiguity | 41 |
Mark Twains Mississippi Valley | 47 |
Copyright | |
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