This is a revised and updated edition of a 1990 study of Harriet Beecher Stowe's epic antislavery novel, in which the author focuses on Harriet Beecher Stowe's epic antislavery novel, in which the author focuses on the political, philosophical, and religious ideas in Stowe's work, finding its reflections on the problem of evil still timely in the twenty-first century. The book provides a useful overview of the novel's critical reception from early African-American reactions to the recent "canon wars.".