Mark X: Who Killed Huck Finn's Father? by Yasuhiro Takeuchi (English) Hardcover

Description: Mark X by Yasuhiro Takeuchi The key to the mystery of Twains writings, as this book contends from a broader perspective, is also such an absence. Twains persistent reticence about the death of his father, especially the autopsy performed on his naked body, is a crucial clue to understanding his works. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description In the summer of 1876, Mark Twain started to write Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as a detective novel surrounding the murder of Hucks father, Pap Finn. The case is unresolved in the novel as it exists today, but Twain had already planted the clue to the identity of the killer. It is not the various objects ostentatiously left around Paps naked body; they are not the foreground of the scene, but actually the background, against which a peculiar absence emerges distinctively—Paps boots, with a "cross" in one of the heels, are gone with his murderer.The key to the mystery of Twains writings, as this book contends from a broader perspective, is also such an absence. Twains persistent reticence about the death of his father, especially the autopsy performed on his naked body, is a crucial clue to understanding his works. It reveals not only the reason why he aborted his vision of Huckleberry Finn as a detective novel, but also why, despite numerous undertakings, he failed to become a master of detective fiction. Author Biography Yasuhiro Takeuchi is Professor of American Literature at Hokkaido University, in Sapporo, Japan. He is author of four books published in Japanese, on J.D. Salinger, Mark Twain, and a Japanese poet Misuzu Kaneko, and of scholarly articles published in American Literary Realism, Studies in the Novel, and Literary Imagination, among others. He is a recipient of the Young Scholar Award of the English Literary Society of Japan for his article (in Japanese) "Deciphering Poe." Table of Contents 1. The Ur-Huckleberry Finn The Naked Body and Boots Here Is What Happened 2. Huckleberry Finn Redux Tom Sawyer, Detective Corpse and Murderer "Tom Sawyers Conspiracy" 3. "The Carnival of Crime" and Cadavers Splitting The Forbidden Fruit 4. The Half-Brother and the Half-Breed Tom the Apple Eater Tom the Scapegoat Tom the Detective 5. The Cave Joe the Scapegoat The Cross in the Maze 6. Two Patricidal Stories Puddnhead Wilson A Double Barrelled Detective Story 7. The Oedipal Huckleberry Finn The Two Chases The Slain Snake 8. The Seven Year War Maze in Europe The Carnage 9. A Truce Reinternalization of Conscience Hucks Deception The Safe Return of the Repressed Details ISBN1138616753 Author Yasuhiro Takeuchi Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd Year 2018 ISBN-10 1138616753 ISBN-13 9781138616752 Format Hardcover Imprint Routledge Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 813.4 Birth 1965 Pages 236 Series Routledge Studies in Nineteenth Century Literature Short Title Mark X Language English Publication Date 2018-06-08 AU Release Date 2018-06-08 NZ Release Date 2018-06-08 UK Release Date 2018-06-08 Subtitle Who Killed Huck Finns Father? Alternative 9780367248352 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:159636862;

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