Understanding Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: A Student Casebook to Issues, Sources, and Historical Documents

by Claudia Durst Johnson

Book Overview

Since the time of its publication in 1884, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn has generated heated controversy. One of the most frequently banned books in the history of literature, it raises issues of race relations, censorship, civil disobedience, and adolescent group psychology as relevant today as they were in the 1880s. This collection of historical documents, collateral readings, and commentary captures the stormy character of the slave-holding...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313293279
• ISBN13: 9780313293276
• Release Date: June 1996
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.5"