The new "cleansed" version of Huck Finn has stirred a lot of feathers. Check out the "trending topics" on Twitter and you'll see "Huckleberry Finn." The new edition, to be published by NewSouth, combines both the Huck and Tom books into one volume, but, more significantly, reflects its editor’s controversial decision to eliminate the “N” word from the text. What's your take?
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Cleansed Huck Finn
The new "cleansed" version of Huck Finn has stirred a lot of feathers. Check out the "trending topics" on Twitter and you'll see "Huckleberry Finn." The new edition, to be published by NewSouth, combines both the Huck and Tom books into one volume, but, more significantly, reflects its editor’s controversial decision to eliminate the “N” word from the text. What's your take?
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