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Arthur D. Hlavaty ([personal profile] supergee) wrote2011-01-17 04:42 pm
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Instead of bowdlerizing

Lorrie Moore points out that we shouldn't rewrite Huckleberry Finn to take out the Mispronunciation, but we also, for that and other reasons, shouldn't make it assigned reading in public middle and high schools. Besides, it could be a bad influence on potential novelists. The plot resolution is definitely a Don't Try This at Home.
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