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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Norton Critical Ed)

by Mark Twain

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"Contexts and Sources" provides readers with a rich selection of documents related to the historical background, language, composition, sale, reception, and newly discovered first half of the manuscript of Mark Twain's greatest work. Included are letters on the writing of the novel, excerpts from the author's autobiography, samples of bad poetry that inspired his satire (including an effort by young Sam Clemens himself), a section on the censorship of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by schools and libraries over a hundred-year period, and commentary by David Carkeet on dialects of the book and by Earl F. Briden on its "racist" illustrations. In addition, this section reprints the full texts of both "Sociable Jimmy," upon which is based the controversial theory that Huck speaks in a "black voice," and "A True Story, Repeated Word for Word As I Heard It," the first significant attempt by Mark Twain to capture the speech of an African American in print.

"Criticism" of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is divided into "Early Responses" (including the first negative review) and "Modern Views" by Victor A. Doyno, T. S. Eliot, Jane Smiley, David L. Smith, Shelley Fisher Fishkin (the "black voice" thesis), James R. Kincaid (a rebuttal of Fishkin), and David R. Sewell. Also included is Toni Morrison's moving personal "Introduction" to the troubling experience of reading and re-reading Mark Twain's masterpiece.

"A Chronology and Selected Bibliography" are also included.

Synopsis:

This is a reprint of the Iowa-California text of "Huckleberry Finn", accompanied by explanatory annotations, complete with original illustrations. "Contexts and Sources" provides a selection of documents related to the novel's composition, publication and initial reception.

Synopsis:

This perennially popular Norton Critical Edition reprints for the first time the definitive Iowa-California text of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, complete with all original illustrations by Edward Windsor Kemble and John Harley. The text is accompanied by explanatory annotations.

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About the Author

Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910), best known to the world by his pen-name Mark Twain, was an author and humorist, noted for his novels The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), which has been called "the Great American Novel", and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876, among many others. Thomas Cooley (PhD, Indiana University) is professor of English at The Ohio State University. In addition to Back to the Lake, he is the editor of The Norton Sampler, The Norton Critical Edition of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and the author of several other books, among them Educated Lives: The Rise of Modern Autobiography in America and The Ivory Leg in the Ebony Cabinet: Madness, Race, and Gender in Victorian America.

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This book was great. I especially love the criticisms in the back, Eliot's in particular. The symbolism between Huck and the river is magnificent.

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Product Details

ISBN:

9780393966404

Editor:

Cooley, Thomas

Author:

Cooley, Thomas

Illustrator:

Harley, John

Author:

Harley, John

Author:

Twain, Mark

Author:

Kemble, Edward Windsor

Publisher:

W. W. Norton & Company

Location:

New York :

Subject:

Fiction

Subject:

Boys

Subject:

Classics

Subject:

Action & Adventure

Subject:

Novels and novellas

Subject:

American literature

Subject:

Race relations

Subject:

19th century

Subject:

Boys -- Missouri -- Fiction.

Subject:

Male friendship

Subject:

American - General

Subject:

Literature-A to Z

Copyright:

1998

Edition Number:

3

Edition Description:

Third Edition

Series:

Norton Critical Editions

Publication Date:

19981231

Binding:

TRADE PAPER

Grade Level:

College/higher education:

Language:

English

Illustrations:

Yes

Pages:

416

Dimensions:

9.3 x 5.7 x 1.3 in 1.34 lb

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Product details 416 pages W. W. Norton & Company - 2012-11-20 English 9780393966404 Reviews:

"Synopsis" by Gardners, This is a reprint of the Iowa-California text of "Huckleberry Finn", accompanied by explanatory annotations, complete with original illustrations. "Contexts and Sources" provides a selection of documents related to the novel's composition, publication and initial reception.

"Synopsis" by Norton, This perennially popular Norton Critical Edition reprints for the first time the definitive Iowa-California text of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, complete with all original illustrations by Edward Windsor Kemble and John Harley. The text is accompanied by explanatory annotations.