Jiro Kimura wrote: > > Sorry, if I have offended any professor on this list, I apologize. It came > to my mind after my previous post that there are several professors on this > list. There are professors and there are professors. I know several > professors who understand mystery fiction in general, such as Mike Nevins, > Bill Crider, Peter Robinson, and Doug Greene. And there are English > professors who don't. > > Yes, I understood every word of the definition by these editors, too, but > this entry is still unsatisfactory, academic or not. > > Sorry again. I know, I know, hardboiled guys don't apologize. > Jiro Kimura > ********************************************* > Jiro Kimura > Kanazawa, JAPAN > e-mail: jkimura@nsknet.or.jp > The Gumshoe Site (http://www.nsknet.or.jp/~jkimura/) > ********************************************* > > - > # RARA-AVIS: To unsubscribe, say "unsubscribe rara-avis" > # to majordomo@icomm.ca Wrong, hard-boiled guys do apologize because when they're that tough they don't have to worry about proving themselves all the time. David Skene-Melvin - # RARA-AVIS: To unsubscribe, say "unsubscribe rara-avis" # to majordomo@icomm.ca