Stephen Railton on Huck Finn

Stephen Railton, Professor of English at the University of Virginia and editor of the recently published Broadview Edition of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, sat down for an interview with UVa’s College of Arts and Sciences to discuss his uncensored presentation of Twain’s original 1885 manuscript and the ongoing controversy over the novel’s depiction of race in 19th-century America.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=5TSQ9xrvFPg

Posted on May 7, 2012

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