The Dramatic Unity of "Huckleberry Finn"

The Dramatic Unity of "Huckleberry Finn"
ISBN-10
0814202381
ISBN-13
9780814202388
Category
Boys in literature
Pages
232
Language
English
Published
1976
Publisher
Ohio State University Press
Author
George C. Carrington

Description

The author addresses widespread criticism of the novel's ending, employing a structuralist approach to argue that the seemingly discordant ending of 'Huckleberry Finn' is in fact Mark Twain's deliberate gesture of tragic recognition of an American and a human predicament.

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