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Introduction1 Literary Analysis: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Forms of Enslavement2 Unfit for Children: Censorship and Race FROM: John H. Wallace, The Case Against Huck Finn, in Satire or Evasion? Black Perspectives on Huckleberry Finn (Durham: Duke University Press, 1992) Julius Lester, Morality and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, in Satire or Evasion? David L. Smith, Huck, Jim, and Racial Discourse, in Satire or Evasion? Kenney J. Williams, Mark Twain's Racial Ambiguity, in Satire or Evasion? Kenneth B. Noble, One Hateful Word (New York

Introduction1 Literary Analysis: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Forms of Enslavement2 Unfit for Children: Censorship and Race FROM: John H. Wallace, The Case Against Huck Finn, in Satire or Evasion? Black Perspectives on Huckleberry Finn (Durham: Duke University Press, 1992) Julius Lester, Morality and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, in Satire or Evasion? David L. Smith, Huck, Jim, and Racial Discourse, in Satire or Evasion? Kenney J. Williams, Mark Twain's Racial Ambiguity, in Satire or Evasion? Kenneth B. Noble, One Hateful Word (New York Times, March 19, 1995) William Raspberry, We Give This Slur Its Power (Washington Post, April 11, 1995)3 Mark Twain's Mississippi Valley FROM: David E Dyer, Autobiography and Reminiscences (St. Louis: William Harvey Miner Co., 1922) Tom Horn, The Life of Tom Horn (Denver: Southern Book Co., 1904) James W. Evans and A. Wendell Keith, Autobiography of Samuel S. Hildebrand (Jefferson City, Mo.: State Times, 1870) Harriet Martineau, Retrospect of Western Travel (London: Saunders and Otley, 1838) Frederick Gerstaecker, Wild Sports in the Far West (Boston: Crosby, Nichols and Co., 1859) George H. Devol, Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi (New York: George H. Devol, 1892)4 Slavery, Its Legacy, and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn FROM: Thomas Roderick Dew, 'Abolition of Negro Slavery, in The Pro-Slavery Argument (Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo, and Co., 1853) James Henry Hammond, Letter to an English Abolitionist, in The Pro-Slavery Argument W. G. Brownlow, Ought American Slavery to Be Perpetuated? (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott and Co., 1858) Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (Boston: Boston Anti-Slavery Society, 1845) Harriet A. Jacobs, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (Boston: Published for the Author, 1861) David P. Dyer, Autobiography and Reminiscences (St. Louis: William Harvey Miner Co., 1922) The Missouri Compromise of 1820 The Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 Ralph Waldo Emerson, The Fugitive Slave Law, in The Complete Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson (New York: William H. Wise and Co., 1875) William Hosmer, The Higher Law (Auburn, Mass.: Derby and Miller, 1852) Stephen A. Douglas, Measures of Adjustment (Chicago, October 23, 1850) Orville Dewey, The Laws of Human Progress and Modern Reforms (New York: C. S. Francis and Co., 1852) Harriet Jacobs, The Fugitive Slave Law, in Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (Boston: Published for the Author, 1861) William Sloane Coffin, Jr., Civil Disobedience, the Draft and the War (Christianity and Crisis, February 5, 1968) George Washington Cable, The Freedman's Case in Equity and the Convict Lease System, in The Silent South (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1885)5 The Code of Honor FROM: Thomas Nelson Page, The Old South (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1892) John Lyde Wilson, The Code of Honor (Charleston, S.C.: James Phinney, 1858) Mark Twain, Life on the Mississippi (New York: Harper and Brothers, 1911) Larry Watts, The Code of the Streets: An Interview with a Former Gang Member (1995) Elijah Anderson, The Code of the Streets (Atlantic Monthly, May 1994)6 Cultural Satire: Shakespeare, Home Decor, Sentimental Verse FROM: George C.D. Odell, Annals of the New York Stage (New York: Columbia University Press, 1931) Parodies of the Works of English and American Authors (London: Reeves and Turner, 1885) J. R. Pugh, The Best Room (The Decorator and Furnisher, October 1888) Julia A. Moore, The Sentimental Song Book (New York: Platt and Peck Co., 1879; rpt. 1912) Max Adeler, Out of the Hurly-Burly (Philadelphia: P. Garrett and Co., 1879)Index

Since the time of its publication in 1884, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn has generated heated controversy. One of the most frequently banned books in the history of literature, it raises issues of race relations, censorship, civil disobedience, and adolescent group psychology as relevant today as they were in the 1880s. This collection of historical documents, collateral readings, and commentary captures the stormy character of the slave-holding frontier on the eve of war and highlights the legacy of past conflicts in contemporary society. These materials will promote interdisciplinary study of the novel and enrich the student's understanding of the issues raised. 作者简介：　　CLAUDIA DURST JOHNSON is Professor Emeritus at the University of Alabama, where she served as chair of the English Department for twelve years. She is series editor of the "Literature in Context" series, for which she has authored numerous works.