| Synopsis | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-10页 |
| Introduction | 第10-15页 |
| Chapter Ⅰ Huckleberry Finn before the Second World War | 第15-22页 |
| ·The Genteel Tradition and "The Veriest Trash" | 第15-19页 |
| ·The "Usable Past" and the Typical American Novel | 第19-22页 |
| Chapter Ⅱ Huckleberry Finn as Idol | 第22-40页 |
| ·Huckleberry Finn as the National Classic | 第22-32页 |
| ·Lionel Trilling:A Key Text in Context | 第23-27页 |
| ·The Theme,the Vernacular Language and National Identity | 第27-32页 |
| ·The Problems of the Canonizing Literary Interpretation | 第32-40页 |
| ·The "Flawed" Ending and the Flawed Reading | 第32-35页 |
| ·The Pedagogical Controversy over Huckleberry Finn | 第35-40页 |
| Chapter Ⅲ Contemporary Reception of Huckleberry Finn | 第40-53页 |
| ·Huckleberry Finn as Target | 第41-47页 |
| ·The Text as Expression of Bad Faith | 第41-44页 |
| ·The Canonizing Discourse as Expression of Bad Faith | 第44-47页 |
| ·Huckleberry Finn as the American Classic Once More | 第47-50页 |
| ·Contemporary Criticism and the Nation | 第50-53页 |
| Conclusion | 第53-57页 |
| Works Cited | 第57-61页 |
| Aknwoledgement | 第61页 |
