From Huckleberry Finn to The Shawshank Redemption
Race and the American Imagination in the Biracial Escape Film
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6188472 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Donald Ingram Ulin, Donald Ulin (University of Pittsburgh at Bradford, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2013-01-18 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Journal of American Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1991-9336 • E-ISSN: 1991-9336 |
| Publisher | OpenEdition (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.4000/ejas.10026 |
| OpenAlex | W2056419682 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 13 |
In a Los Angeles Times review of Stephen King’s tetralogy of novellas, Different Seasons (1982), Kenneth Atchity offers what has become almost a cliché of high praise: “To find the secret of his success, you have to compare King to Twain.... King’s stories tap the roots of myth buried in all our minds.” To approach Mark Twain, it is suggested, is to approach something truly universal or at least something quintessentially American. H. L. Mencken echoes the sentiments of some of the most influe
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| Highly cited | No |
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