Satire or Evasion? Black Perspectives on Huckleberry Finn
Focused less on Huck than on the black slave Jim, these 15 contemporary essays, representing various points on the spectrum between the views of Twain's novel as a racist document and as an indictment of racism, offer proof that, after 106 years, this American classic is still a live wire. Nearly all the essays try to furnish a historical and biographical context, and although some seem based on very selective readings of the work, the collection is valuable in forcing the white reader to re-examine Twain's familiar classic from a different point of view. There is an extensive bibliography.- Charles C. Nash, Cottey Coll., Nevada, Mo.Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.