Could early African-American vernacular model Huck's voice? Besides eliminating some of Twain's racist reputation in his novel, what other repercussions this have? Are scholars overanalyzing a meaningless possibility?
Maybe my radar-for-historically-important-possibilities-infered-from-literature is a little rusty. What is the difference between a white Huck Finn, and a black Huck Finn if Twain considers him "the most artless, sociable, and exhaustless talker I ever came across" (NY Times, 1874)?
The ultimate message remains unchanged, does it not?
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