Cormac Mccarthy and the Ghost of Huck Finn |
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Author:
| Worthington, Leslie Harp |
ISBN: | 978-0-7864-6641-2 |
Publication Date: | Jan 2012 |
Publisher: | McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $29.95USD $3.00 |
Book Description:
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Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn helped define modern American literature, creating The Huck Finn Tradition in contemporary writing. This volume discusses the intertextual connections between Twain's iconic novel and eight works by celebrated American author Cormac McCarthy. By chronicling the diverse scholarly comparisons between Twain and McCarthy, this study reveals how McCarthy has not only absorbed Twain's tradition, but transformed it.
Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn helped define modern American literature, creating The Huck Finn Tradition in contemporary writing. This volume discusses the intertextual connections between Twain's iconic novel and eight works by celebrated American author Cormac McCarthy. By chronicling the diverse scholarly comparisons between Twain and McCarthy, this study reveals how McCarthy has not only absorbed Twain's tradition, but transformed it.