Reclaiming Literature: A Teacher's Dilemma

Seven classic American novels are examined in Reclaiming Literature: Moby Dick, The Portrait of a Lady, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Turn of the Screw, The Red Badge of Courage, A Farewell to Arms, and The Catcher in the Rye. Each of these has brought forth persisting controversies from the time of initial publication. This book gives literature teachers the means to resolve these and other critical conflicts by focusing on how each author has crafted his material to control his reader's responses.