Rhetorical Listening, Silence, and Cultural (Dis)identifications in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Revisiting the "Raft Episode" Again, Ugh!

This article offers a new interpretation of the thirteen-page "raft episode," originally intended as part of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn yet never appearing in any edition during Twain's lifetime. The episode has been problematic for both editors and readers, to say the least. Edit...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Mark Twain Annual. - Pennsylvania State University Press, 2003. - 16(2018), 1, Seite 11-28
1. Verfasser: Click, Ben (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2018
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:The Mark Twain Annual
Schlagworte:rhetoric silence listening raft episode Huckleberry Finn eavesdropping Applied sciences Social sciences
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