Huckleberry Finn Controversy: Home

This excellent site offers an overview with guiding questions and lesson plans.

A page from the Mark Twain-focused website created by University of Virginia professor Stephen Railton. Sections on contemporary reviews of the novel, and essays written by Railton on representations of slavery, race--and Jim himself--in the story.

Another good guide for considering the controversy surrounding the book.

Article from The Harvard University Gazette, September 28, 2000.

A website about the writer's life in New York, created by and with essays written by Twain enthusiast and NYC tour guide Peter Salwen.

Transcript of a lecture given by professor Ben Click at St. Mary’s College of Maryland in 2010.

Organized in different sections covering the context and critical reception of the book. (NOTE: If you get a login screen, go to your browser settings under Privacy and set Allow All Cookies, or contact a librarian for the password.)

An excellent collection of dictionaries, encyclopedias, and other reference books online.

Find articles in academic journals and magazines about Mark Twain, Huckleberry Finn, and the ongoing controversy over the book and the language it uses.

Excellent reports on current events and issues. Look here for contemporary views on race and language.

Search here for articles in four major newspapers about Mark Twain and the book throughout its history. You can search for just "reviews" using the Advanced Search option. The results are listed roughly by decade, which allows you to follow the reception of the book -- and the author -- over time.

This is a chapter-by-chapter glossary for the colloquial and slang language in the book. (From Hamburg University, Germany; originally from Kalmar University, Sweden.)