From To Kill a Mockingbird to The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, there are no shortage of options to include on those lists of "The Great American Novel". But which is the real plot in the story of America? This event was recorded at the University of Melbourne on 24 October 2024. Speaker Sarah Churchwell Professor of American Literature and Chair in Public Understanding of the Humanities, University of London Author, Careless People: Murder, Mayhem and The Invention of The Great Gatsby, The Wrath to Come: Gone with the Wind and the Lies America Tells, and more  

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From Gatsby to Huck Finn — American literature in an age of polarisation

NOV 4, 202449 MIN
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From Gatsby to Huck Finn — American literature in an age of polarisation

NOV 4, 202449 MIN

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<p>From To Kill a Mockingbird to The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, there are no shortage of options to include on those lists of "The Great American Novel". But which is the real plot in the story of America?</p><p><a href="https://events.unimelb.edu.au/arts/event/the-work-of-literature">This event </a>was recorded at the University of Melbourne on 24 October 2024.</p><p>Speaker</p><p><a href="https://research.london.ac.uk/search/staff/889/professor-sarah-churchwell/">Sarah Churchwell </a>Professor of American Literature and Chair in Public Understanding of the Humanities, University of LondonAuthor, Careless People: Murder, Mayhem and The Invention of The Great Gatsby, The Wrath to Come: Gone with the Wind and the Lies America Tells, and more</p>