Mark Twain (1835-1910), author of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885). (Photo dated 1907. Courtesy of University of Virginia, Mark Twain in His Times.)
Instructor(s)
Wyn Kelley
MIT Course Number
21L.702
As Taught In
Fall 2007
Level
Undergraduate
Course Description
Course Description
What has been said of Moby-Dick—that it's the greatest novel no one ever reads—could just as well be said of any number of American "classics" like The Scarlet Letter, Uncle Tom's Cabin, or The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. This course reconsiders a small number of nineteenth-century American novels by presenting each in a surprising context.
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