The escape motif in the American novel: Mark Twain to Richard Wright

(print) xii, 173 p. ; 24 cmpreface ix -- acknowledgments xi -- one Introduction : Some Backgrounds and Implications of the Escape Motif 2 -- two Huckleberry Finn : Escape from Conscience and the Discovery of the Heart 12 -- three Theron Ware : The Fall from Innocence and the Escape from Guilt 26 -- four George Willard : Death and Resurrection 42 -- five John Andrews : Flight from the Machine 60 -- six Frederic Henry : The Run for Life 74 -- seven The Joads : Flight into the Social Soul 94 -- eight Jake Blount : Escape as Dead End 114 -- nine Bigger Thomas : Escape into the Labyrinth 134 -- ten Flight : Some Conclusions 154 -- appendix 165 -- index 16

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