The Adventures Of Huckleberry Fin

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Hailed by writers and critics alike as one of the most important American novels ever written, Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn gave a distinct voice to American literature. This updated volume is an essential resource for those seeking to deepen their appreciation of this perennial favorite. VIVA MODERN CRITICAL INTERPRETATIONS presents the best current criticism on the most widely read and studied poems, novels and dramas of the Western world, from Oedipus Rex and the Iliad to such modern and contemporary works as William Faulkner’s The Sound and the Fury and Don DeLillo’s White Noise. Each volume opens with an introductory essay and editor’s note by Harold Bloom and includes a bibliography, a chronology of the author’s life and works, and notes on the contributors. Taken together, VIVA MODERN CRITICAL INTERPRETATIONS provides a comprehensive critical guide to the most vital and influential works of the Western literary tradition. Table Of Contents Introduction The Realism of Huckleberry Finn Life Without Father: The Role of the Paternal in the Opening Chapters of Huckleberry Finn Huck and Jim on the Mississippi: Going with the Flow? Huck, Jim, and the "Black-and-White" Fallacy Huckleberry Finn and the Problem of Freedom Deadpan Huck: Or, What’s Funny about Interpretation Who Shot Tom Sawyer? Huckleberry Finn and Twain’s Democratic Art of Writing The "Raftsmen’s Passage," Huck’s Crisis of Whiteness, and Huckleberry Finn in U.S. Literary History Reinventing the World and Reinventing the Self in Huck Finn "That Night We Had Our Show": Twain and Audience Floating Capital: The Trouble with Whiteness on Twain’s Mississippi Chronology Contributorss