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Mark Twain and the Novel
Lawrence Howe
其他書名
The Double-Cross of Authority
出版Cambridge University Press, 1998-10-13
主題Language Arts & Disciplines / Writing / Fiction WritingLanguage Arts & Disciplines / RhetoricLiterary Criticism / GeneralLiterary Criticism / American / GeneralLiterary Criticism / HumorLiterary Criticism / Subjects & Themes / Culture, Race & Ethnicity
ISBN052156168X9780521561686
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=3eD8ylUFqosC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋Mark Twain was an author both drawn to and suspicious of authority, and his novels reflect this tension. Marked by disruptions, repetitions, and contradictions, they exemplify the ideological standoff between the American ideal of individual freedom and the reality of social control. This book provides a fresh look at Twain's major novels such as Life on the Mississippi, Huckleberry Finn, and A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. The difficulties in these works are shown to be neither flaws nor failures, but rather intrinsic to both the structure of the American novel and the texture of American culture.