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| Genre/Form: | Adventure fiction Humorous fiction Bildungsromans Fiction |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | Mark Twain; Mark Twain |
| Material Type: | Fiction |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Mark Twain; Sculley Bradley; Richmond Croom Beatty; E Hudson Long; Thomas Cooley |
| ISBN: | 0393091465 9780393091465 |
| OCLC Number: | 2985768 |
| Description: | xi, 452 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Series Title: | A Norton critical edition |
| Responsibility: | Samuel Langhorne Clemens ; edited by Sculley Bradley, Richmond Croom Beatty, E. Hudson Long [and] Thomas Cooley. |
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Oral Tradition
Huckleberry Finn is an excellent example of Mark Twain's use of oral tradition in his writing. This is demonstrated in the extensive use of storytelling that occurs between Huck and Jim in their travels, as well as among the other characters in the text, such as the king and the duke. While...
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Huckleberry Finn is an excellent example of Mark Twain's use of oral tradition in his writing. This is demonstrated in the extensive use of storytelling that occurs between Huck and Jim in their travels, as well as among the other characters in the text, such as the king and the duke. While orality is apparent in other works by Mark Twain, Huck Finn is perhaps the most obvious example.
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