Mark Twain's Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn: The NewSouth Edition

8 Famous Authors Whose Works Have Been Rewritten by Their Publishers

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Bowdlerized: 8 Famous Authors Whose Works Have Been Rewritten by Their Publishers
The trend is to make “classics” available to the widest possible audience. Alan Gribben defends his decision translate a racial slur to “slave” (a historical reference) in the hopes that HUCKLEBERRY FINN would be more likely to stay in school curriculums.

“Although one member of my campus department personally chided the NewSouth editor-in-chief for altering the text, most of my colleagues seem to comprehend the purpose of this effort to reintroduce Twain’s novels into the classroom. Professors in the fields of medieval and Renaissance literature even mentioned the many concessions in translation necessary to make the Pearl Poet, Chaucer, Shakespeare, and other authors intelligible to students. In 2015, my campus made a gesture toward vindicating my action by awarding me its inaugural Excellence Through Diversity Award.”–Alan Gribben

Purchase the NewSouth Edition (or the Original Text Edition) of Huckleberry Finn from UGA Press https://ugapress.org/imprints/newsouth-books/ or from Amazon https://www.google.com/search?q=amazon+alan+gribben+books&rlz=1C1EJFC_enUS868US868&oq=amazon+alan+gribben+books&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i64.8542j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#ip=1

In 2023 NewSouth Books merged with UGA Press.