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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)

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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)...Show moreThrough 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.Show less