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

• Autore: Arac Jonathan <1945->
• Pubblicazione: Madison, : University of Wisconsin Press, c1997
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: ix, 254 p
• Disciplina: 813/.4
• Soggetto topico: 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)
• Soggetto geografico: Mississippi River In literature
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Huckleberry Finn as idol and target
• ISBN: 0-299-15533-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910823806103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Wisconsin project on American writers.