Mark Twain and the Brazen Serpent
Subtitle: How Biblical Burlesque and Religious Satire Unify Huckleberry Finn
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9781476668451
Subjects: Twain, mark, 1835-1910
Description: "Focusing on the overarching theme of religious satire in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, this study reveals the novel's hidden motive, moral and plot. The author considers generations of criticism, along with new textual evidence showing how Twain's richly evocative style dissects Huck's conscience to propose humane amorality as a corrective to moral absolutes"--