Mark Twain and the brazen serpent : how biblical burlesque and religious satire unify Huckleberry Finn / Doug Aldridge.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Aldridge, Doug, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Twain, Mark, 1835-1910. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn--Criticism and interpretation.

Twain, Mark.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (309 pages)

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2017.

Summary:

"Focusing on the overarching theme of religious satire in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, this study reveals the novel's hidden motive, moral and plot. The author considers generations of criticism, along with new textual evidence showing how Twain's richly evocative style dissects Huck's conscience to propose humane amorality as a corrective to moral absolutes"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

Perspectives on point of view: a tale with three tellers

Precedents for viewing Huck Finn as Biblical burlesque and religious satire

Catching the brazen serpent in Clemens' net of allusion: Huckleberry Finn, Paradise lost, and the Bible

To vilify "the ways of God to men": Huck Finn, Pilgrim's progress, The inferno and Paradise lost

"Dark, deep-laid plans": the evasion as religious satire

Author-real intention: Huckleberry Finn as religious satire

Dancing with the devil

Afterword: "Sam Clemens arrives at the pearly gates: a dialog between the author and the doorman".

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed March 6, 2017).

ISBN:

1-4766-2763-0