I agree with David Barber's comments. I reviewed Arac's book, favorably, for the journal American Literature. It's a very sophisticated and persuasive book. I've since reviewed Chadwick-Joshua's book, also for American Literature. I found her book very well meaning and at times helpful: her comments on Huck and Jim's arguments, for example, are valid and useful. But her book is simply not in the same arena as Arac's book. Everett Emerson