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New essays on Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Title:
New essays on Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Author:
Budd, Louis J.
Publication Information:
Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1985.
Physical Description:
viii, 136 pages ; 22 cm.
Series:
The American novel

American novel.
Contents:
Mark Twain, "realism," and Huckleberry Finn / "An art so high" : style in the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn / "Nobody but our gang warn't around" : the authority of language in Huckleberry Finn / Reading Huckleberry Finn : the rhetoric of performed ideology
Abstract:
The essays in this volume represent a wide range of approaches to one of the most popular of all American novels. Michael Bell re-examines the crucial issue of romanticism versus realism in the book. Janet McKay discusses the linguistic subtleties of the novel, showing the social implications inherent in Twain's brilliant use of the vernacular. Lee Mitchell draws on post-structuralist theories to question Huck's own assumption that words themselves can represent the social world. Steven Mailloux combines sociopolitical perspectives and the methods of contemporary 'reader-response' analysis to identify how humour is generated in Huckleberry Finn and to enrich our understanding of the novel's topical impact.
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ISBN:
9780521267298

9780521318365