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Author:   Doug Aldridge
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.408kg
ISBN:  

9781476668451

ISBN 10:   1476668450
Pages:   308
Publication Date:   13 March 2017
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order  
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Preface Introduction One. Perspectives on Point of View: A Tale with Three Tellers Two. Precedents for Viewing Huck Finn as Biblical Burlesque and Religious Satire Three. Catching the Brazen Serpent in Clemens’ Net of Allusion: Huckleberry Finn, Paradise Lost, and the Bible Four. To Vilify “the Ways of God to Men”: Huck Finn, Pilgrim’s Progress, The Inferno and Paradise Lost Five. “Dark, ­Deep-Laid Plans”: The Evasion as Religious Satire Six. Author-Real Intention: Huckleberry Finn as Religious Satire Seven. Dancing with the Devil Afterword: “Sam Clemens Arrives at the Pearly Gates: A Dialog between the Author and the Doorman” Appendix A: The First Person Huckleberry Finn Chapter Titles Appendix B: Pap Confronts Huck in Chapter V and Genesis 3: 9–24 Appendix C: Samuel Clemens’ Burlesque of Milton’s Hell Appendix D: Awakening in Paradise Appendix E: The Duke and the King Introduce Themselves Appendix F: Huck’s “Great Debate” and Satan’s Chapter Notes Bibliography Index

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Doug Aldridge is a freelance writer and independent Mark Twain scholar who lives in Tennessee’s Blue Ridge Mountains. He welcomes comments and questions at MarkTwainandtheBrazenSerpent.com.

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