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 This collection of historical documents, collateral readings, and commentary captures the stormy character of the slave-holding frontier on the eve of war and highlights the legacy of past conflicts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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... story in a movie or an adaptation of the story for young children , and you will likely be told that Twain's novel is a boy's book about the happy , innocent times long ago of a barefoot boy in a straw hat and coveralls on the ...
... story show him to be an outcast and an outlaw . His primary action in the story , running away with the slave Jim , finds him in violation of a law which holds that Jim is property that rightfully belongs to his mistress , Miss Watson ...
... story's plot . The first is the Walter Scott , " a steamboat that had killed herself on a rock . " The passen- gers ... story about a wreck caused by a blown - up cylin- der head . In response , Aunt Sally recounts another similar story ...
Contents
Censorship and Race | 29 |
Kenney J Williams Mark Twains Racial Ambiguity | 41 |
Mark Twains Mississippi Valley | 47 |
Copyright | |
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