Satire Or Evasion?: Black Perspectives On Huckleberry Finn, Paperback - James S. Leonard
About The Jones, Julius Lester, Donnarae MacCann, Charles H. Henry, Betty Harris Jones, Rhett S.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 its nineteenth-century context, and appraisal of its effects on twentieth-century African American writers. Among the issues the authors contend with are Twain's pervasive use of the word "nigger," his portrayal of the slave Jim according to the conventions of the minstrel show "darky," and the thematic chaos created by the "evasion" depicted in the novel's final chapters
Wallace, Kenny Jackson Williams, Fredrick WoodardAbout author(s):James S. Davis is Geraldine R. Richard K. This collection of fifteen essays by prominent African American scholars and critics examines the novel's 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 its nineteenth-century context, and appraisal of its effects on twentieth-century African American writers. Bell, Mary Kemp Davis, Peaches M. Henry, Betty Harris Jones, Rhett S. Jones, Julius Lester, Donnarae MacCann, Charles H. provides a variety of new perspectives on one of this country's most troubling classics.Contributors. Nichols, Charles H. Nilon, Arnold Rampersad, David L. Leonard is Professor of English at The Citadel.Thadious M. Smith, Carmen Dubryan, John H. Among the issues the authors contend with are Twain's pervasive use of the word "nigger," his portrayal of the slave Jim according to the conventions of the minstrel show "darky," and the thematic chaos created by the "evasion" depicted in the novel's final chapters.Sure to provoke thought and stir debate, Satire or Evasion? Though one of America's best known and loved novels, Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn has often been the object of fierce controversy because of its racist language and reliance on racial stereotypes. Barksdale, Bernard W. Segal Professor of American Social Thought and Professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania.
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