Title: Twain's heroes, Twain's worlds : Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's court, and Pudd'nhead Wilson /
Authors: Hoffman, Andrew Jay.
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press,
Year: 1988
Subjects: Twain, Mark, Characters Heroes.; Twain, Mark,; Twain, Mark,; Twain, Mark,; Heroes in literature; Arthurian romances Adaptations History and criticism.; Arthurian romances Adaptations.
Contents: Part I: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn -- Huck's heroism -- Huck's talk, Twain's history -- Huck and Huck: Jacksonian ideals, Jacksonian reality -- Part II: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's court -- Inside Hank Morgan -- A Yankee's world -- Part III: Puddn'head Wilson -- David Wilson's heroics -- Dawson's landing.