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Koops, Jesse (2015)

Melodramas of a Beset Humanity: Gender and Civilization in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Bachelor thesis | Engelse taal en cultuur (BA)
Through the method of close-reading the novel Adventures of Huckleberry Finn this thesis complicates the notions put forth in Nina Baym's classic essay "Melodramas of Beset Manhood" (1981) regarding the role of gender in nineteenth-century American canonical literature.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Mark Twain
Gender
Civilization
Domesticity
Baym
Huck
Twain
Author
Koops, Jesse
Faculty
Faculty of Humanities
Specialisation
English Language and Culture
Supervisors
Kardux, Joke
ECTS Credits
10
Language
en