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Informationen zum Autor GERALD GRAFF is Professor of English and Education at the University of Illinois at Chicago. His books include Professing Literature (1987)! Beyond the Culture Wars (1992)! and Clueless in Academe (2003). He is co-editor! with James Phelan! of The Tempest: A Case Study in Critical Controversy .JAMES PHELAN is Professor of English at the Ohio State University. He has written and edited a number of books on narrative theory! including Narrative and Rhetoric (1996) and is editor of the journal Narrative . He is co-editor! with Gerald Graff! of The Tempest: A Case Study in Critical Controversy . This critical edition is designed for "teaching the conflicts" surrounding Mark Twain's classic novel. It reprints the 1885 text of the first American edition (with a portfolio of illustrations) along with critical essays representing major critical and cultural controversies surrounding the work. In addition to several new critical essays, the second edition includes an appendix on how to argue about the novel so that students may effectively enter the critical conversation about its issues. Why Study Critical Controversies?PART I: MARK TWAIN AND ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN The Life of Samuel Clemens and the Reception of Huckleberry Finn Adventures of Huckleberry Finn : The 1885 TextA Portfolio of Illustrations from the 1885 EditionPART II: A CASE STUDY IN CRITICAL CONTROVERSYThe Controversy over the Ending: Did Mark Twain Sell Jim Down the River? A Certain Formal Aptness; L.Trilling The Boy and the River: Without Beginning or End; T.S.Eliot Mr. Eliot, Mr. Trilling, and Huckleberry Finn; L.Marx Jim's Africanist Presence in Huckleberry Finn ; T.Morrison Huckleberry Finn ; or Consequences; S.Margolis Deadpan Huck; S.Bercovitch The Controversy over Race: Does Huckleberry Finn Combat or Reinforce Racists Attitudes? Morality and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ; J.Lester Born to Trouble: One Hundred Years of Huckleberry Finn; J.Kaplan The Struggle for Tolerance: Race and Censorship in Huckleberry Finn ; P.Henry More than a Reader's Response: A Letter to 'De Ole True Huck'; G.Brenner On the Nature and Status of Covert Texts: A Reply to Gerry Brenner's 'Letter to "De Ole True Huck"'; J.Phelan Huckleberry Finn as Idol and Target; J.Arac Say It Ain't So, Huck: Second Thoughts on Twain's 'Masterpiece'; J.Smiley Selling Huck Down the River; S.Chwast The Controversy over Gender and Sexuality: Are Twain's Sexual Politics Progressive, Regressive, or Besides the Point?Reformers and Young Maidens: Women and Virtue in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ; N.A.Walker Reading Gender in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ; M.Jehlen Walker versus Jehlen versus Twain; F.Crews A Response to Frederick Crews; M.Woodmansee Come Back to the Raft Ag'in, Huck Honey! L.Fiedler 'Innocent Homosexuality': The Fiedler Thesis in Retrospect; C.Looby Appendix: Writing about Critical ControversyIndex ...
