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Sarah Seltzer, "The Disappearance of the Strident Protest Novel: Uncle Tom's Cabin at 163"

The Disappearance of the Strident Protest Novel: 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' at 163

Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin, published on this day in 1862, is known for many things. Jane Smiley thinks it's an early exemplar of the Great American Novel about race, family, and the American soul, the forgotten yin to Huck Finn's yang.

Writer Sarah Seltzer reconsiders a controversial classic, Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin. From Flavorwire, an online magazine of cultural commentary.