NewSouth Books: Dr. Alan Gribben talks Mark Twain: The NewSouth Edition
In this podcast series, noted Mark Twain scholar Dr. Alan Gribben talks about his new volume, Mark Twain's Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn: The NewSouth Edition, which presents the books as one narrative and without racial epithets, in an attempt to return the book to schools that otherwise ban the works. Gribben offers tips here for teachers interested in teaching Twain's novels to their classrooms. For more, visit http://www.newsouthbooks.com/twain.
- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 2 minutes
- Episodes
- 4
- Years Active
- 2011
Why Huck Finn is Banned From Schools
Mark Twain's Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn are often banned from school reading lists due to the racial epithets that the characters employ. Dr. Alan Gribben discusses his new editio…
00:03:21 |
Wed 22 Jun 2011
What Huck Finn Offers Beyond the N-Word
If schools continue to ban the Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn due to modern-day reactions to the characters' use of racial epithets, valuable lessons will be lost. Dr. Alan Gribben e…
00:01:56 |
Wed 22 Jun 2011
How the "N-Word" Affects Readership of Modern Audiences
Dr. Alan Gribben considers Mark Twain's use of the "n-word" in Huckleberry Finn versus Twain's lack of the same words in his own speech, and how that informed Gribben's new volume Mark Twain's Advent…
00:02:01 |
Wed 22 Jun 2011
How "Slave" Maintains Twain's Message
Dr. Alan Gribben discusses why replacing the "n-word" with the word "slave" in Mark Twain's Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn: The NewSouth Edition preserves Twain's lessons about racism …
00:01:24 |
Wed 22 Jun 2011
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