Juri Nummelin wrote:
> > As for D. H. Lawrence and "the great wrong
place," check out his STUDIES
> > IN CLASSIC AMERICAN LITERATURE. And that's
where you'll find out that
> > Natty Bumppo is the true ancestor of Mike
Hammer.
>
> He's the true ancestor of almost every private
eye.
>
Still, it's hard to take Cooper seriously after reading Mark
Twain's
"Fennimore Cooper's Literary Offenses." Actually, a lot of
more recent writers would benifit from Twain's comments. A
copy of the essay can be found here:
http://www.OCF.Berkeley.EDU/~jparsons/twain/cooper1.html
BobT
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