Shelley Fisher Fishkin, The Life and Afterlives of Huckleberry Finn’s Comrade
Jim: The Life and Afterlives of Huckleberry Finn’s Comrade (2025) by Shelly Fisher Fishkin engages with the complex literary and cultural history of Jim, one of the most “disparaged, demeaned, and dismissed” (12) characters in American literature. Across seven chapters, Fishkin traces the historica...
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| הוצא לאור ב: | URI:https://journals.openedition.org/ejas, |
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| פורמט: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| שפה: | Anglais |
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European journal of American studies
2026
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| גישה מקוונת: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| סיכום: | Jim: The Life and Afterlives of Huckleberry Finn’s Comrade (2025) by Shelly Fisher Fishkin engages with the complex literary and cultural history of Jim, one of the most “disparaged, demeaned, and dismissed” (12) characters in American literature. Across seven chapters, Fishkin traces the historical and racial conditions that shaped Jim’s characterisation, examines the myths surrounding Black identity in American culture, and analyses the debates surrounding Jim’s representation on stage, sc... |
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