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Segregation/integration: race, history, and theoretical practice in the American South

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Many literary scholars, especially those in European countries, dismiss literature from the South as being only concerned with race relations and it is often characterized as backwards. European literary critics would be be surprised at the similarities between Southern and European culture and its forward-looking views on race and integration.

Social aspects, Criticism

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"An honour as well as a pleasure": dueling, violence, and race in 'Pudd'nhead Wilson'

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Mark Twain's novel 'Pudd'nhead Wilson' sustains its ambiguity about behavior by not resolving the question of whether socialization or training is the more powerful influence on human action. The duel between the book's main characters heals a breach in the social order.

Analysis, Literature, Violence, 19th century AD, Puddn'head Wilson (Book), Violence in literature, Dueling

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Twain and the garden of the world: cultural consolidation on the american frontier

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This essay discusses the manner in which myths of cultural freedom and opportunity in America are portrayed in the works of Mark Twain. Topics include race relations, cultural development, and individualism.

Mythology, Critical Essay, Characters and characteristics in literature, Literary characters, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Novel), A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (Book), Myth in literature

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