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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823806103321

Autore

Arac Jonathan <1945->

Titolo

Huckleberry Finn as idol and target [[electronic resource] ] : the functions of criticism in our time / / Jonathan Arac

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Madison, : University of Wisconsin Press, c1997

ISBN

0-299-15533-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

ix, 254 p

Collana

The Wisconsin project on American writers

Disciplina

813/.4

Soggetti

Junior high school students - Books and reading - United States

National characteristics, American, in literature

American fiction - Study and teaching (Secondary)

Literature and society - United States - History

Finn, Huckleberry (Fictitious character)

African Americans in literature

Fugitive slaves in literature

Race relations in literature

Racism in literature

Boys in literature

Canon (Literature)

Mississippi River In literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-239) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Huckleberry Finn as Idol and Target -- 2. All Right, Then, I'll Go to Hell: Historical Contexts for Chapter 31 -- 3. Forty Years of Controversy, 1957-1996 -- 4. Uncle Tom's Cabin vs. Huckleberry Finn: The Historians and the Critics -- 5. Lionel Trilling: The Key Text in Context -- 6. Nationalism and Hypercanonization -- 7. Vernacular and Nationality: Comparative Contexts for Chapter 19 -- 8. Nation, Race, and Beyond -- Coda: The Memories of Huckleberry Finn -- Acknowledgments -- Works Cited -- Index.