Mark Twain

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Annotated) Mark Twain

Differentiated book- It has a historical context with research of the time-This book contains a historical context, which helps us understand this literary work. We must pay special attention to those events that especially influenced the world of culture and art and also to those events that were especially reflected in literature, in the life of its writer or that affected it. There are many examples in which historical events have shaped the content and forms of literature, as well as this has often been the best testimony to the importance of certain events throughout history. This context is formed by everything that, in some way, influences the event when it happens. A fact is always tied to its time: that is, to its period. With this measure, Huckleberry Finn - published in London 100 years ago during the first week of December 1884 and two months later in the United States - is barely saved. The Springfield Republican did not judge it worse than "a very well-intentioned vulgar detail... Mr. Clemens does not have a reliable sense of ownership," and the public library in Concord, Mass., Had enough confidence to censor it: "the very same garbage". The Boston Transcript reported that "other members of the Library Council say that the work is characterized by being uneven, dry and inelegant, and they believe that the book is more suitable for neighborhoods than for intelligent.