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Though one of America's best known and loved novels, Mark Twain's
"Adventures of Huckleberry Finn "has often been the object of
fierce controversy because of its racist language and reliance on
racial stereotypes. This collection of fifteen essays by prominent
African American scholars and critics examines the novel's racist
elements and assesses the degree to which Twain's ironies succeed
or fail to turn those elements into a satirical attack on racism.
Ranging from the laudatory to the openly hostile, these essays
include personal impressions of "Huckleberry Finn," descriptions of
classroom experience with the book, evaluations of its ironic and
allegorical aspects, explorations of its nineteenth-century
context, and appraisal of its effects on twentieth-century African
American writers. Among the issues the authors contend with are
Twain's pervasive use of the word "nigger," his portrayal of the
slave Jim according to the conventions of the minstrel show
"darky," and the thematic chaos created by the "evasion" depicted
in the novel's final chapters.
Sure to provoke thought and stir debate, "Satire or Evasion?"
provides a variety of new perspectives on one of this country's
most troubling classics.
"Contributors. "Richard K. Barksdale, Bernard W. Bell, Mary Kemp
Davis, Peaches M. Henry, Betty Harris Jones, Rhett S. Jones, Julius
Lester, Donnarae MacCann, Charles H. Nichols, Charles H. Nilon,
Arnold Rampersad, David L. Smith, Carmen Dubryan, John H. Wallace,
Kenny Jackson Williams, Fredrick Woodard
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