The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

The Greenhaven Press book: "Readings on The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" by Katie de Koster, editor, is a compilation of 18 essays by very competent writers/analysts evaluating most of the literary, moral, historical and social aspects of Mark Twain's signature masterpiece. Ernest Hemingway once said that Huckleberry Finn was the finest piece of American writing to that time and the foundation of American fiction to follow it, or words to that effect. "Readings" presents dissections of Huck Finn and exposes the book from the personal viewpoints of literary scholars, social activists, classroom educators and other authors. "Readings" is sine qua non for those who want to understand the seminal significance of Huck Finn, as a book, and for insight and intelligent discussion. How we interpret "Readings" may tell us readers more about ourselves than about the real motives of Samuel Clemens in writing the book. Some of us may be somewhat surprised at the "self" that might be revealed.