This guide lists selected sources for library criticism of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain.
Reference Books
- American Writers (Ref PS 129 .A55) Volume: Pages
- II: 266-68
- IV: 198, 201-04, 207
- Contemporary Authors (Ref PN 466 .C6) Volume: Pages
- Dictionary of Literary Biography(Ref PS 21 .D5) Volume: Pages
- Novels for Students (Ref PN 3385 .N68) Volume: Pages
- Twentieth Century Literary Criticism(Ref PN 771 .T86) Volume: Pages
- 6: 454-57, 463-70, 473-76, 478, 480, 482-85
- 12: 427-29, 431, 434-37, 439-45, 448, 451
- 19: 351-69, 372-76, 378-88, 391
- 36: 352, 354-55, 358-63, 366-69, 372, 375, 381-87, 392
- 48: 334, 336, 339, 341-49, 351-52, 356, 359, 361
- 59: 168, 173-77, 181-89
- 161: 208-351
(all essays are about this novel)
- LeMaster, J. R., James D. Wilson, Christie Graves Hamric, eds. The Mark Twain Encyclopedia. New York: Garland, 1993. (Ref PS 1330 .M37 1993)
General Collection Books (may be checked out)
- Bloom, Harold. Mark Twain's "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Modern Critical Interpretations. (PS 1305 .M28 1986)
- Bloom, Harold. Mark Twain. (PS 1338 .M2725 2006)
- Bloom, Harold. Mark Twain's 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.' (PS 1305 .M28 2007 and PS 1305 .A34 2005)
- Budd, Louis J., ed. New Essays on 'Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. (PS 1305 .N48 1985)
- Clemens, Samuel (Mark Twain). Huck Finn and His Critics. Ed. Richard Lettis, Robert F. McDonnell, William E. Morris. (PS 1305 .L51).
- DeKoster, Katie, ed. Readings on Mark Twain. (PS 1338 .R43 1996)
- Egan, Michael. Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn: Race, Class and Society. (PS 1305 .E35)
- Gerber, John C. Mark Twain. (PS 1338 .G47 1988)
- Inge, M. Thomas, ed. Huck Finn Among the Critics: a centennial selection. (PS 1305 .H83 1985)
- Johnson, Claudia. Understanding 'Adventures of Huckleberry Finn': a Student Casebook to Issues, Sources, and Historical Documents. (PS 1305 .J64 1996)
- Miller, Robert Keith. Mark Twain. (PS 1338 .M5 1983)
- Robinson, Forrest G. The Cambridge Companion to Mark Twain. (PS 1338 .C36 1995)
- Simpson, Claude M., ed. Twentieth Century Interpretations of 'Adventures of Huckleberry Finn': a Collection of Critical Essays. (PS 1305 .S5)
- Sloane, David E. Mark Twain as a Literary Comedian. (PS 1338 .S55)
- Sova, Dawn B. Literature Suppressed on Social Grounds. (Z 658 .U5 S69 2006)
E-Books
- Bruce, Edward. CliffNotes Twain's 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.' (PS 1305 .B78 2000eb) ebrary
- Coulombe, Joseph. Mark Twain and the American West. (PS 1342 .W38 2003eb) ebrary
- Sloane, David E. Student Companion to Mark Twain. ebrary
- Wasowski, Richard, ed. CliffsComplete Twain's 'Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.' (PS 1305 .G45 W37 2001eb) ebrary
DVD, VHS, and Streaming Video
- Espar, David, Jill Janows, Richard P. Rogers. Culture Shock (CB 151 .C858 1999) [General collection]
- Twain, Mark. Huckleberry Finn. (PS 1305 .H835 1980) Circulation Desk
- Writers and Censorship. (PN 156 .W757 2006b) Streaming Video
Online Resources (Reference Articles and Databases)
Articles
Use periodical databases, such as Academic Search Premier, Masterfile Premier, JSTOR, for recent journal articles like those posted below.
- Anderson, Douglas. "Starting Over in 'Huckleberry Finn'." Raritan 24:2 (2004): 141-58 [Literature Online-LION]
- Bollinger, Laurel. "Say It Jim: The Morality of Connection in 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.'" College Literature 29.1 (2002): 32-52.
- Deneen, Patrick J. "Was Huck Greek? The Odyssey of Mark Twain." Modern Language Studies 32.2 (2002): 35-44.
- Kaufmann, David. "Satanic Deceit in the Ending of 'Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'." Studies in the Novel . 19:1 (1987): 66-78 [Masterfile Premier]
- Scott, Kevin Michael. "There's More Honor: Reinterpreting Tom and the Evasion in 'Huckleberry Finn'." Studies in the Novel. 37:2 (2005): 187-207. [Academic Search Premier]
- Sloan, Karen. "Twain's 'Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'." The Explicator 63.3 (2005): 159+. [General OneFile]
Prepared by Dianne DeMeyere, Fall, 2008.
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