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rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, Michael Robison
<miker_zspider@...> wrote:
>
> Been a long time since I read this. It was
definitely
> worth rereading, especially after just
finishing
> Cooper's Last of the Mohicans, which helped
establish
> a certain context to it.
A context only in that Twain and Cooper were coeval. Their
literary worlds are very far apart. Twain was conscious (as
few before) of the process of writing, every nuance of it. As
far as American writing goes, you could say he wrote the book
on it. I do think Hemingway was right in his assessment of
Twain's place (at the top).
I reread Huckleberry Finn about three years ago and I found
it even more splendid than before, infinitely rich if you
will allow the cliché® It's too bad that this great book has
become the subject of controversy in schools. What
stupidity... Everyone should read it.
Best,
MrT
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