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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn : an authoritative text, backgrounds and sources, criticism

Author: Mark Twain; Sculley Bradley; Richmond Croom Beatty; E Hudson Long; Thomas Cooley
Publisher: New York : Norton, ©1977.
Series: A Norton critical edition
Edition/Format:   Book : Fiction : English : 2d edView all editions and formats
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The American classic is accompanied by critical studies by such scholars as Van Wyck Brooks, Lionel Trilling, and T.S. Eliot.
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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.

Abstract:

The American classic is accompanied by critical studies by such scholars as Van Wyck Brooks, Lionel Trilling, and T.S. Eliot.

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Oral Tradition

by john.doe (WorldCat user published 2011-07-14) Very Good Permalink

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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