| Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: The Newsouth Edition Contributor(s): Gribben, Alan (Editor), Gribben, Alan (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 1603062351 ISBN-13: 9781603062350 Publisher: NewSouth Books OUR PRICE: $11.66 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: 813.4 |
| LCCN: 2012040094 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6" W x 9" (1.10 lbs) 320 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 135393 Reading Level: 3.7 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 2.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In a radical departure from standard editions, Mark Twain's most famous novel is published here with one disturbing racial label translated as "slave." In seeking to record accurately the speech of uneducated boys and adults along the Mississippi River in the 1840s, Twain casually included an epithet that is diminishing the potential audience for his masterpiece. While dozens of other editions preserve the inflammatory slur that the author employed for the sake of realism, the NewSouth Edition proves that the main point of Twain's masterpiece--the immense harm deriving from inhumane social conformity--comes through just as vibrantly without obliging readers to confront hundreds of insulting racial pejoratives. The editor's Introduction supplies the historical and literary context for Twain's groundbreaking book, along with a helpful guide to his satirical targets. |
Contributor Bio(s): Gribben, Alan: - Dr. Alan Gribben co-founded the Mark Twain Circle of America, compiled Mark Twain's Library: A Reconstruction, and recently co-edited Mark Twain on the Move: A Travel Reader. Gribben has written numerous essays about Mark Twain's life and image. He teaches on the English faculty of Auburn University at Montgomery and edits the Mark Twain Journal. |