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Autore |
Arac Jonathan <1945-> |
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Titolo |
Huckleberry Finn as idol and target [[electronic resource] ] : the functions of criticism in our time / / Jonathan Arac |
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Madison, : University of Wisconsin Press, c1997 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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Collana |
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The Wisconsin project on American writers |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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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 |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-239) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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