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  • Introduction to the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

    Introduction to the "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"

    This video offers an overview of this book including the characters of Huck Finn, a runaway adolescent, and Jim, an escaped slave, and their journey on the Mississippi River.

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    • 55 seconds
    • 529 views
  • Teaching Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

    Teaching "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"

    North Shore High School (NY) teachers Mike Kleba (AP Literature, English and Film) and Emmanuel Blanchard, Jr. (History, Theory of Knowledge and Urban Studies) talked about teaching Mark Twa…

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    • 4 minutes
    • 205 views
  • Mark Twain on Dialect in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

    Mark Twain on Dialect in "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"

    Author and Butler University English Professor Andrew Levy discussed the significance of dialect for Twain in this book.

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    • 1 minute
    • 118 views
  • What Do Huck Finn and Jim Represent

    What Do Huck Finn and Jim Represent?

    Author and Butler University English Professor Andrew Levy talked about what these characters represent in American literature.

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    • 3 minutes
    • 106 views
  • America in 1884

    America in 1884

    Author and Butler University English Professor Andrew Levy described the country at the time of the publication of the "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn."

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    • 3 minutes
    • 96 views
  • How Has Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Shaped America

    How Has "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" Shaped America?

    Jocelyn Chadwick, Harvard Graduate School of Education & National Council of Teachers of English, and Butler University English Professor Andrew Levy share their reasons on why this book sha…

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    • 3 minutes
    • 95 views
  • Language in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

    Language in "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"

    Author and Butler University English Professor Andrew Levy talked about Mark Twain's use of language in the text and when appearing on stage.

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    • 2 minutes
    • 85 views
  • Impact of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in 1885

    Impact of "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" in 1885

    Author and Butler University English Professor Andrew Levy described the impact of Mark Twain's book when it was published in 1885.

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    • 53 seconds
    • 77 views
  • Editing and Teaching Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

    Editing and Teaching "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"

    Yale University History Professor David Blight talked about editing and teaching Mark Twain's "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn."

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    • 45 minutes
    • 72 views
  • Writing Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

    Writing "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"

    Author and Butler University English Professor Andrew Levy talked about Mark Twain writing this book, its publication, and why it was banned.

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    • 2 minutes
    • 71 views
  • Jims Journey Museum in Hannibal MO

    Jim's Journey Museum in Hannibal, MO

    Faye Dant, Jim's Journey: The Huck Finn Freedom Center Founding Director, talked about the mission of the museum and introduced Daniel Quarles who she described as the "prototype" for the ch…

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    • 3 minutes
    • 67 views
  • Mark Twain  Hannibal Missouri

    Mark Twain & Hannibal, Missouri

    Author and Butler University English Professor Andrew Levy talked about the significance of Twain's hometown to him and his writing.

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    • 55 seconds
    • 53 views
  • Conclusion of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

    Conclusion of "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"

    Author and Butler University English Professor Andrew Levy read the concluding lines from this book.

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    • 1 minute
    • 50 views