Saturday, March 20, 2010

Rereading Tom Sawyer (4)

I go to a program at the Birmingham Public Library on Twain's Tom Sawyer. The highlight is a panel discussion with 4 people including Dr. Alan Gribben of AUM, one of the leading Twain scholars.

Dr. Gribben talks about how TS isn't much discussed anymore. There is very little scholarship on Tom Sawyer. The main reason is that so much attention is paid to Huckleberry Finn. The latter far outshines TS.

It shouldn't be this way. Tom Sawyer stands on its own as a great work, maybe not as deep or far reaching in its themes as HF but substantial nontheless.

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