Along with The Wonderful Adventures of Nils, this novel was cited as formative in the Nobel lecture of Kenzaburo Oe, who analyzed one character's desire for escape through the quote, "All I wanted was to go somewheres."
Along with The Wonderful Adventures of Nils, this novel was cited as formative in the Nobel lecture of Kenzaburo Oe, who analyzed one character's desire for escape through the quote, "All I wanted was to go somewheres." "Fear and alarm" are what Toni Morrison remembers most about her first encounter with this novel, according to her introduction. An explanatory note prefacing this novel affirms that its characters are not "trying to talk (*) alike and not succeeding." This novel provides the title of 1948 essay on homosocial bonding in American literature by Leslie Fiedler. Ernest Hemingway said that all modern American literature comes from this novel, whose protagonist decides he'll "go to hell" while tearing up a letter to Miss Watson. For 10 points, name this dialect-rich novel whose protagonist runs away to avoid being civilized by Aunt Sally, a work by Mark Twain.
Along with The Wonderful Adventures of Nils, this novel was cited as formative in the Nobel lecture of Kenzaburo Oe, who analyzed one character's desire for escape through the quote, "All I wanted was to go somewheres."
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn