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1 online resource (iv, 281 pages) |
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E-Duke books scholarly collection
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Case against Huck Finn -- Struggle for tolerance : race and censorship in Huckleberry Finn -- History, slavery, and thematic irony in Huckleberry Finn -- Ending of Huckleberry finn : "Freeing the free negro" -- Veil rent in Twain : degradation and revelation in adventures of Huckleberry Finn -- Mark Twain and the black challenge -- Huck, Jim, and American racial discourse -- Twain's "Nigger" Jim : the tragic face behind the minstrel mask -- Minstrell Shackles and Nineteenth-Century "Liberality" in Huckleberry Finn -- Huck and Jim : a reconsideration -- Nigger and knowledge : white double-consciousness in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn -- Morality and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn -- "A true book-with some stretchers" : Huck Finn Today -- Adventures of Huckleberry Finn; or, Mark Twain's Racial ambiguity |
| Summary |
Though one of America's best known and loved novels, Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn has often been the object of fierce controversy because of its racist language and reliance on racial stereotypes. This collection of fifteen essays by prominent African American scholars and critics examines the novel's racist elements and assesses the degree to which Twain's ironies succeed or fail to turn those elements into a satirical attack on racism. Ranging from the laudatory to the openly hostile, these essays include personal impressions of Huckleberry Finn, descriptions of classroom expe |
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English fiction |
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United States |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-269) and index |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL pda |
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Print version record |
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Twain, Mark, 1835-1910. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
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Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Characters -- African Americans
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Finn, Huckleberry (Fictitious character)
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Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 fast |
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Finn, Huckleberry (Fictitious character) fast |
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Twain, Mark (1835-1910). Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. ram |
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Twain, Mark. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. swd |
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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Twain, Mark) fast |
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Literature and society -- United States -- History -- 19th century
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Satire, American -- History and criticism
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African Americans in literature.
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Fugitive slaves in literature.
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Race relations in literature.
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Slavery in literature.
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Racism in literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
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African Americans in literature
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Fugitive slaves in literature
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Literature and society
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Race relations in literature
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Racism in literature
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Satire, American
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Slavery in literature
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Kritik
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The adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Twain)
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Zwarten.
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Esclavage -- Dans la littérature.
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Noirs -- Dans la littérature.
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Roman américain.
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United States
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Schwärze
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Leonard, J. S. (James S.), editor
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Tenney, Thomas Asa, editor
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Davis, Thadious M., 1944- editor
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| ISBN |
9780822381716 |
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0822381710 |
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