Mark Twain: Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn: Essays, Articles, Reviews

by Stuart Hutchinson

Book Overview

In Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain presented for the first time the vernacular of the Mississippi River region, explored the myths and fables of the nation's past, and looked to the choices facing a rapidly changing society. Moving from a discussion of the novels' early receptions, this Columbia Critical Guide explores nineteenth- and twentieth-century criticism by William Dean Howells, T. S. Eliot, Leslie Fiedler,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231115415
• ISBN13: 9780231115414
• Release Date: September 1999
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.2" x 7.8"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher