Verlag: Duke University Press, 1994
Anbieter: Brothertown Books, Deansboro, NY, USA
Soft cover. Zustand: Near Fine. From the book's cover write-up : "Though one of America's best-known and loved novels, Mark Twain's "Adventure of Huckleberry Finn" has often been the object of fierce controversy because of its racist language and reliance on racial stereotypes. "Satire or Evasion? : Black Perspectives on Huckleberry Finn" is a collection of fifteen essays by prominent African American scholars and critics examines the novels 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 allegorical aspects, explorations of nineteenth-century context, and appraisal of its effects on twentieth-century African American writers." INTRODUCTION :: The Controversy over "Huckleberry Finn" . by James S. Leonard and Thomas A. Tenney / HUCK FINN AND THE AUTHORITIES :: The Case Against Huck Finn . by John H. Wallace / The Struggle for Tolerance: Race and Censorship in "Huckleberry Finn" . by Peaches Henry / History, Slavery, and Thematic Irony in "Huckleberry Finn" . by Richard K. Barksdale // JIM AND HUCK IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY :: The Ending of "Huckleberry Finn": 'Freeing the Free Negro' . by Charles H. Nilon / The Veil Rant in Twain: Degradation and Revelation in "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" . by Mary Kemp Davis / Mark Twain and the Black Challenge . by Carmen Subryan / Huck, Jim, and American Racial Discourse . by David L. Smith // BLACKFACE AND WHITE INSIDE :: Twain's "N_____" Jim: The Tragic Face behind the Minstrel Mask . by Bernard W. Bell / Minstrel Shackles and Nineteenth-Century 'Liberality' in "Huckleberry Finn" . by Frederick Woodard and Donnarae McCann / Huck and Jim : A Reconsideration . by Betty H. Jones / N_____ and Knowledge : White Double - Consciousness in "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" . by Rhett H. Jones // HUCK FINN IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY :: Morality and "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" . by Julius Lester / 'A True Book - With Some Stretchers' : Huck Finn Today . by Charles H. Nichols / "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" ; or, Mark Twain's Racial Ambiguity . by Kenny J. Williams / For Further Reading (a generous bibliography). by Thomas A. Tenney ******************************* TITLE : Satire or Evasion ?: Black Perspectives on Huckleberry Finn / EDITORS : James S. Leonard, Thomas A. Tenney, Thadious M. Davis / AUTHORS : James S. Leonard, Thomas A. Tenney, John H. Wallace, Peaches Henry, Robert K. Barksdale, Charles H. Nilon, Mary Kemp Davis, Carmen Subryan, David L. Smith, Bernard W. Bell, Frederick Woodard and Donnarae McCann, Betty H. Jones, Rhett H. Jones, Julius Lester, Charles H. Nichols, Kenny J. Williams / IMPRINT : Duke University Press / PLACE : Durham and London / DATE : (1994) / EDITION : Third Printing, Paperback Format / PHYSICAL DETAILS ; Academic Paperback Published for the Trade; contains an Introduction, a Bibliography, and an Index; 5 3/8" x 8 3/4"; pictorial wraps, glued. ************************************** CONDITION - NEAR FINE - This is a previously owned book that has negligible signs of handling (slight bumping to corner tips), being clean and bright, with tight binding and no marking or signatures.
Zustand: Fine. Number of books: 1 book.