Mark Twain's Study of the Effects of Slavery and its Relationship to Training

Author

Sharon Faye Nielson, Central Washington University

Document Type

Thesis

Date of Degree Completion

Fall 1971

Degree Name

Master of Education (MEd)

Department

English Literature

Committee Chair

Frank M. Collins

Second Committee Member

Robert M. Benton

Third Committee Member

William D. Floyd

Abstract

This paper presents a study of Mark Twain's treatment of slavery, especially in relation to his theory of training. In his novels Huckleberry Finn, Puddn'head Wilson, The Prince and the Pauper, and A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court Twain portrays the effects of slavery and training on the personality of the slave and the slaveholder. Twain deals largely with the psychological effects of slavery, which tend to dehumanize both slave and slaveholder, deeply and permanently marking their personalities.

Recommended Citation

Nielson, Sharon Faye, "Mark Twain's Study of the Effects of Slavery and its Relationship to Training" (1971). All Master's Theses. 1670.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/etd/1670

Language

English