Mark Twain's Techniques of Humor in Huckleberry Finn

Degree Year

1951

Document Type

Thesis - Open Access

Degree Name

Master of Arts (MA)

Department

English

Advisor(s)

Elizabeth Foster

Keywords

Mark Twain, Huckleberry Finn

Abstract

The method of this study will be first to appraise Mark Twain's relationship to the humorists of the American frontier and world literature, especially as this relationship bears on his techniques of humor in Huckleberry Finn, with the hope that such a study will put him in his humorous place and perhaps illustrate several of his humorous techniques. Then follows the main body of the piece, a study of the many and varied humorous techniques, attitudes and tones found in Huckleberry Finn.

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