Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: Mark Twain
- First Published: 1884
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Social satire
- Time of Work: Early to mid-nineteenth century
- Genres: Long fiction, Satire, Adventure
- Subjects: Adolescence, South or Southerners, Nineteenth century, Slavery or slaves, Midwest, Rivers or waterways, Small-town life, Boys, Runaway children, Fraud, Impostors or imposture
- Locales: Missouri, Mississippi River
Places Discussed
*Mississippi River. The novel’s primary backdrop, the Lower Mississippi is the motive force that drives both the raft and the narrative. Most of the novel’s action actually takes place ashore, but no character ever strays far inland, and the river’s presence always looms. Rich in symbolism, the river washes away sin (such as bawdy houses and murderers), bestows wealth (including bountiful fish and valuable flotsam), and wreaks destruction (destroying both steamboats and towns), all the while inexorably carrying everything upon it ever deeper into the...
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