Black, white, and Huckleberry Finn : re-imagining the American dream

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Label

Black, white, and Huckleberry Finn : re-imagining the American dream

Title remainder

re-imagining the American dream

Statement of responsibility

Elaine Mensh and Harry Mensh

Creator

• Mensh, Elaine, 1924-

Contributor

• Mensh, Harry, 1911-

Subject

• African Americans in literature
• Américains dans la littérature
• Blancs dans la littérature
• Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Esclaves fugitifs dans la littérature
• Finn, Huckleberry, (Fictitious character)
• Fugitive slaves in literature
• History
• Literature and society -- United States -- History -- 19th century
• Littérature et société -- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 19e siècle
• National characteristics, American, in literature
• Negers
• Race relations in literature
• Rassenbeziehung <Motiv>
• Rassenverhoudingen
• Relations raciales dans la littérature
• Roman d'aventures américain -- Histoire et critique
• The adventures of Huckleberry Finn
• The adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Twain)
• Twain, Mark
• Twain, Mark, 1835-1910
• Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Pensée politique et sociale
• Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Political and social views
• Whites in literature
• Écrivains noirs américains dans la littérature
• Adventure stories, American -- History and criticism

Genre

• History
• Criticism, interpretation, etc

Language

eng

Summary

• "This consequential book takes a hard, systematic look at the depiction of blacks, whites, and race relations in Mark Twain's classic novel, raising questions about racial messages embedded in the tale of Huck and Jim. Book jacket."--Jacket
• "This consequential book takes a hard, systematic look at the depiction of blacks, whites, and race relations in Mark Twain's classic novel, raising questions about racial messages embedded in the tale of Huck and Jim. Book jacket."--BOOK JACKET
• "Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn, the most widely taught work in American literature, is as controversial today for its treatment of race as it once was for its alleged immorality. Elaine Mensh and Harry Mensh here analyze the novel's depictions of blacks, whites, and the relations between them, and the messages those depictions send." "Black, White, and "Huckleberry Finn" shows that the argument over black-white relations in the novel is also an argument over nonfictional ones - over black images in white minds, conflicting perceptions of racial harmony, and differing interpretations of the American dream."--BOOK JACKET

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

813/.4

Government publication

government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

Index

index present

LC call number

PS1305

LC item number

.M46 2000

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography