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Contents Preface vii Introduction 3 1. Huckleberry Finn as Idol and Target 16 2. All Right, Then, I'll Go to Hell: Historical Contexts for Chapter 31 37 3. Forty Years of Controversy, 1957-1996 63 4. Uncle Tom's Cabin vs. Huckleberry Finn: The Historians and the Critics 90 5. Lionel Trilling: The Key Text in Context 108 6. Nationalism and Hypercanonization 133 7. Vernacular and Nationality: Comparative Contexts for Chapter 19 154 8. Nation, Race, and Beyond 183 Coda: The Memories of Huckleberry Finn 212 Acknowledgments 221 Works Cited 225 Index 241 v ...

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