Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Case Studies in Contemporary Criticism) - Brossura

Twain, Mark

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ISBN 10: 1403905061 ISBN 13: 9781403905062

Casa editrice: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003

Riassunto

This critical edition is designed for "teaching the conflicts" surrounding Mark Twain's classic novel. It reprints the 1885 text of the first American edition (with a portfolio of illustrations) along with critical essays representing major critical and cultural controversies surrounding the work. In addition to several new critical essays, the second edition includes an appendix on how to argue about the novel so that students may effectively enter the critical conversation about its issues.

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L'autore:

GERALD GRAFF is Professor of English and Education at the University of Illinois at Chicago. His books include Professing Literature (1987), Beyond the Culture Wars (1992), and Clueless in Academe (2003). He is co-editor, with James Phelan, of The Tempest: A Case Study in Critical Controversy.

JAMES PHELAN is Professor of English at the Ohio State University. He has written and edited a number of books on narrative theory, including Narrative and Rhetoric (1996) and is editor of the journal Narrative. He is co-editor, with Gerald Graff, of The Tempest: A Case Study in Critical Controversy.

Contenuti:

Why Study Critical Controversies?
PART I: MARK TWAIN AND ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN
The Life of Samuel Clemens and the Reception of Huckleberry Finn
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: The 1885 Text
A Portfolio of Illustrations from the 1885 Edition
PART II: A CASE STUDY IN CRITICAL CONTROVERSY
The Controversy over the Ending: Did Mark Twain Sell Jim Down the River?
A Certain Formal Aptness; L.Trilling
The Boy and the River: Without Beginning or End; T.S.Eliot
Mr. Eliot, Mr. Trilling, and Huckleberry Finn; L.Marx
Jim's Africanist Presence in Huckleberry Finn; T.Morrison
Huckleberry Finn; or Consequences; S.Margolis
Deadpan Huck; S.Bercovitch
The Controversy over Race: Does Huckleberry Finn Combat or Reinforce Racists Attitudes?
Morality and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn; J.Lester
Born to Trouble: One Hundred Years of Huckleberry Finn; J.Kaplan
The Struggle for Tolerance: Race and Censorship in Huckleberry Finn; P.Henry
More than a Reader's Response: A Letter to 'De Ole True Huck'; G.Brenner
On the Nature and Status of Covert Texts: A Reply to Gerry Brenner's 'Letter to "De Ole True Huck"'; J.Phelan
Huckleberry Finn as Idol and Target; J.Arac
Say It Ain't So, Huck: Second Thoughts on Twain's 'Masterpiece'; J.Smiley
Selling Huck Down the River; S.Chwast
The Controversy over Gender and Sexuality: Are Twain's Sexual Politics Progressive, Regressive, or Besides the Point?
Reformers and Young Maidens: Women and Virtue in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn; N.A.Walker
Reading Gender in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn; M.Jehlen
Walker versus Jehlen versus Twain; F.Crews
A Response to Frederick Crews; M.Woodmansee
Come Back to the Raft Ag'in, Huck Honey! L.Fiedler
'Innocent Homosexuality': The Fiedler Thesis in Retrospect; C.Looby
Appendix: Writing about Critical Controversy
Index

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Palgrave Macmillan
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1403905061
• ISBN 13: 9781403905062
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 560
• Redattore: Graff Gerald, Phelan James