In writing about Adventures of Huckleberry Finn on the 100th anniversary of its 1885 publication, Henry Nash Smith remarked that the novel ""made vernacular language, with its new sources of pleasure and new energy, available for American prose and poetry in the twentieth century."" This volume of essays examines what made this vernacular so groundbreaking, as well as the controversy that still surrounds one of the first Great American novels.
Each essay is 2,500 to 5,000 words in length, and all essays conclude with a list of ""Works Cited,"" along with endnotes. Finally, the volume's appendixes offer a section of useful reference resources:
| ISBN: | 9781682171226 |
| Publication date: | 30th January 2017 |
| Author: | R Kent Rasmussen |
| Publisher: | Salem Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 300 pages |
| Series: | Critical Insights |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers Ancient, classical and medieval texts |
In writing about Adventures of Huckleberry Finn on the 100th anniversary of its 1885 publication, Henry Nash Smith remarked that the novel ""made vernacular language, with its new sources of pleasure and new energy, available for American prose and poetry in the twentieth century."" This volume of essays examines what made this vernacular so groundbreaking, as well as the controversy that still surrounds one of the first Great American novels.
Each essay is 2,500 to 5,000 words in length, and all essays conclude with a list of ""Works Cited,"" along with endnotes. Finally, the volume's appendixes offer a section of useful reference resources:
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn features in the following genres: Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Ancient, classical and medieval texts
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is available in Hardback
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was written by R Kent Rasmussen and published by Salem Press
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn has 300 pages
Yes it is part of Critical Insights series