Twain s Modernism: The Death of Speech in Huckleberry Finn as the Birth of a New Aesthetic

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Mika Turim-Nygren

Journal of Nineteenth-Century Americanists, Vol.8(1), pp.123-145

04/01/2020

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Title: Twain s Modernism: The Death of Speech in Huckleberry Finn as the Birth of a New Aesthetic
Author/Creator: Mika Turim-Nygren
Publication Details: Journal of Nineteenth-Century Americanists, Vol.8(1), pp.123-145
Annotation: Unpacks the implications of Hemingway s declaration about Twain s novel as the well-spring of modern American literature with emphasis on oral versus written speech, dialect, dialogue, morality, and nationalism. Contrasts Hemingway s use of unnatural language, especially in For Whom the Bell Tolls, in his version of modern literary narrative and questions his centrality, and Twain s, in discussions of what comprises a single American literature.
Academic Unit: Hemingway Bibliography
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article
Record Identifier: 991015132045903691