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I, at least, was not allowed access to anything more than a preview
paragraph.  Based on your own (Peter Messent) observation, does this
article hold much in common with the observations of Andrew Levy's "Huck
Finn's America".  Levy dealt quite a bit on the education of children.

On Wed, 2015-08-05 at 15:33 +0100, Peter Messent wrote:
> It's really difficult to write anything new about Huckleberry Finn but in h=
> is 'Children, Futurity and Value: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn' manages t=
> o do just that. This is of course just my opinion, but I've not read anythi=
> ng about the novel this good - about the future of childhood and the future=
>  of America, via the novel and Huck Finn derivatives - for a long time. It'=
> s in the journal Textual Practice (25 June 2015) and can be found online. M=
> y sense is that it will enrage some, inspire others - just like Twain's own=
>  novel!!! It inspired me! Pete M.
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