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Introduction
Chapter One Huckleberry Finn before the Second World War
1.1.The Genteel Tradition and“The Veriest Trash”
1.2.Greating a“Usable Past”and the Typical American Novel
Chapter Tow Huckleberry Finn as Idol
2.1 Huckleberry Finn as the National Classic
2.1.1 Lionel Trilling:A Key Text in Context
2.1.2 The Theme,the Vernacular Language and National Identity
2.2.The Problems with the Canonizing Literary Interpretation
2.2.1 The“Flawed”Ending and the Flawed Reading
2.2.2 The Pedagogical Controversy over Huckleberry Finn
Chapter Three Contemporary Literary Reception of Huckleberry Finn
3.1.Huckleberry Finn as Target
3.1.1 The Text as Expression of Bad Faith
3.1.2 The Canonizing Discourse as Expression of Bad Faith
3.2.Huckleberry Finn as the American Classic Once More
3.3.Contemporary Criticism and the Nation
Conclusion
Works Cited
Acknowledgement