race relations in literature

This book presents selected writings representing a variety of perspectives on the social issue of race relations that is highlighted in Alan Paton's "Cry, the Beloved Country.".

Contains the complete text of "Huckleberry Finn" and eighteen essays that address three major controversies that surround the novel, including sexual orientation, Mark Twain's ending, and racism.

A guide to studying Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "To Kill a Mockingbird, " featuring a biographical sketch of the author, a list of characters, a summary and analysis of the text, and a selection of critical views.

Explores Zora Neale Hurston's, Their eyes were watching God, as a work of literature through the lens of the major social issue reflected in it, and features carefully-selected content representing a variety of perspectives.

Contains twelve critical analyses of Mark Twain's "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn;" and includes an introduction by Harold Bloom and a chronology of the author's life.

Presents ten essays on Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird," covering such topics as the female voice in the novel, Lee's tragic vision, and the novel's historicity, Romantic regionalism, and destabilization of heterosexuality, and includes a chronology and a bibliography.

Examines how race is addressed in Mark Twain's novel "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, " discussing the controversies surrounding the book and how Twain's personal beliefs and experiences influenced his writing.

Presents fifteen essays on the life and works of twentieth-century South African writer Alan Paton, plus an introductory biography and an overview of the novel's characters and plot.

Contains the 1855 text of Mark Twain's "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," including several of its illustrations, and presents twenty critical essays as examples of the controversy the novel has generated.