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| Genre/Form: | Political fiction Didactic fiction Fiction |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Fiction |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Harriet Beecher Stowe; Ann Douglas |
| ISBN: | 0140390030 9780140390032 |
| OCLC Number: | 7204573 |
| Description: | 629 p. : port. ; 18 cm. |
| Series Title: | The Penguin American library |
| Responsibility: | Harriet Beecher Stowe ; edited with an introd. by Ann Douglas. |
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Abstract:
A saintly Black man endures the depredations of slavery and the torments of a cruel overseer.
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Penguin Edition, edited by Douglas, not reliable
My "1 - Poor" rating applies only to the Penguin edition of Uncle Tom's Cabin. The Penguin edition, edited by Ann Douglas, has a high rate of transcription error. So it is not suitable for serious study.I listed a selection (over 100) of the transcription errors in the Penguin edition for a presentation...
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My "1 - Poor" rating applies only to the Penguin edition of Uncle Tom's Cabin. The Penguin edition, edited by Ann Douglas, has a high rate of transcription error. So it is not suitable for serious study.I listed a selection (over 100) of the transcription errors in the Penguin edition for a presentation at the 2007 American Literature Association conference. For example, the Penguin edition on page 619 (in the 4 copies that I've examined) has the following line:'If the laws of New England were so arranged that a master could [it]now and then[/it] torture an apprentice to death, would it be received with equal composure?'In the 1852 Jewett edition, the first printing in book form, the sentence included an additional clause:'If the laws of New England were so arranged that a master could [it]now and then[/it] torture an apprentice to death, without a possibility of being brought to justice, would it be received with equal composure?'This startling error--the omission of 'without a possibility of being brought to justice'--diminishes a key theme in Stowe's work. I encourage scholars, teachers, and students to purchase Ammons's or Sklar's editions of UTC. Among editions that I've examined, those editions have more reliable texts. I have not examined the new Bedford edition (Railton) or the new Norton edition (Gates and Robbins).My review is intended to encourage Penguin to publish a corrected edition.
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