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Satire or Evasion?
Leonard
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Description for Satire or Evasion?
Paperback. Editor(s): Leonard, J.S.; Tenney, Thomas Asa; Davis, Thadious M. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; JFSL3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5665 x 3480 x 21. Weight in Grams: 413.
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 experience with the book, evaluations of its ironic and ... Read more
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 experience with the book, evaluations of its ironic and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
North Carolina, United States
ISBN
9780822311744
SKU
V9780822311744
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About Leonard
James S. Leonard is Professor of English at The Citadel. Thadious M. Davis is Geraldine R. Segal Professor of American Social Thought and Professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania.
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