AdventuresofHuckleberryFinn(Barnes&NobleClassicsSeries)
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- 出版社 Barnes&Noble
- 出版时间 2008年3月
- ISBN 9781593081126
- 定价 43.70
内容简介
TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn,byMarkTwain,ispartoftheBarnes&NobleClassicsseries,whichoffersqualityeditionsataffordablepricestothestudentandthegeneralreader,includingnewscholarship,thoughtfuldesign,andpagesofcarefullycraftedextras.HerearesomeoftheremarkablefeaturesofBarnes&NobleClassics:Alleditionsarebeautifullydesignedandareprintedtosuperiorspecifications;someincludeillustrationsofhistoricalinterest.Barnes&NobleClassicspullstogetheraconstellationofinfluences—biographical,historical,andliterary—toenricheachreader'sunderstandingoftheseenduringworks."AdventuresofHuckleberryFinnistheonlyoneofMarkTwain'svariousbookswhichcanbecalledamasterpiece.Idonotsuggestthatitishisonlybookofpermanentinterest;butitistheonlyoneinwhichhisgeniusiscompletelyrealized,andtheonlyonewhichcreatesitsowncategory."T.S.EliotHuckleberryFinn,rebelagainstschoolandchurch,casualinheritorofgoldtreasure,rafteroftheMississippi,andsaviorofJimtherunawayslave,isthearchetypicalAmericanmaverick.Fleeingtherespectablesocietythatwantsto"sivilize"him,HuckFinnshovesoffwithJimonarhapsodicraftjourneydowntheMississippiRiver.Thetwobindthemselvestooneanother,becomingintimatefriendsandagreeing"therewarn'tnohomelikearaft,afterall.Otherplacesdoseemsocrampedupandsmothery,butaraftdon't.Youfeelmightyfreeandeasyandcomfortableonaraft."AsHucklearnsaboutlove,responsibility,andmorality,thetripbecomesametaphoricvoyagethroughhisownsoul,culminatinginthegloriousmomentwhenhedecidesto"gotohell"ratherthanreturnJimtoslavery.MarkTwaindefinedclassicas"abookwhichpeoplepraiseanddon'tread";HuckleberryFinnisahappyexceptiontohisownrule.Twain'smasteryofdialect,coupledwithhisfamouswit,hasmadeAdventuresofHuckleberryFinnoneofthemostlovedanddistinctlyAmericanclassicseverwritten.NominatedforaGrammyforhisworkasco-producerofthefive-CDboxsetTheJazzSingers(1998),RobertO'MeallyisZoraNealeHurstonProfessorofLiteratureatColumbiaUniversityandDirectorofColumbiaUniversity'sCenterforJazzStudies.HeistheprincipalwriterofSeeingJazz(1997),thecataloguefortheSmithsonian'sexhibitonjazzandliterature,andtheco-editorofTheNortonAnthologyofAfricanAmericanLiterature(1996).
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