Black, white, and Huckleberry Finn
Subtitle: re-imagining the American dream
By: Elaine Mensh and Harry Mensh.
Contributors: Mensh, Harry, 1911-
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Tuscaloosa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 167
Subjects: Twain, Mark, 1835-1910.; Literature and society -- United States -- History -- 19th century.; Adventure stories, American -- History and criticism.; National characteristics, American, in literature.; Finn, Huckleberry (Fictitious character); African Americans in literature.; Fugitive slaves in literature.; Race relations in literature.
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [149]-159) and index.