Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Complete Text With Introduction, Historical Contexts, Critical Essays - Couverture souple

Twain, Mark; Lauter, Paul; Harris, Susan

 
9780395980781: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Complete Text With Introduction, Historical Contexts, Critical Essays

Synopsis

In addition to the entire text of what some consider the quintessential American novel, this comprehensive volume features materials that help place the novel in perspective with its time and place. "Contexts" includes essays on the composition of the novel, the people and history of the Upper Mississippi Valley, slavery, and the critical reception of the novel upon its publication. "Readings" includes Henry Nash Smith’s introduction to the 1958 Riverside Edition of the novel, as well as critical essays.

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À propos de l?auteur

Paul Lauter is the Smith Professor of Literature at Trinity College. He has served as president of the American Studies Association and is a major figure in the revision of the American literary canon.

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