The work could include a comparative study of the various sequels and other spinoffs--like recent ones by Sackett, Walker, Nelson, Clinch, Hart, etc.--about Huck and his crew. Though maybe that's a separate issue--not sure what I think about that. It seems the same urge might inform both responses to the original, more conscious in some forms than in others perhaps.
Dan
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From: RWDTwain <[log in to unmask]>
To: TWAIN-L <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Mon, Aug 20, 2012 10:52 pm
Subject: Re: Twain on Moderation?
I agree. Point well made. Would be a good study
If one Googles the quote, "The two most important days
of our life..." etc,. the search provides link after link of Twain
attributions, none of which seem definitive, and all derivative.
Each seeming relying upon the other as a source, the well-
spring remaining a mystery.
Roger Durrett
Charlotte, Nc
In a message dated 8/20/2012 8:49:26 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
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There's enough of these to fill a book. We could call it "Reports of my
quotes are greatly exaggerated."
On Monday, August 20, 2012, Paul Schullery wrote:
> Some Mark Twain Forum member who has charge of a few sharp and
> enterprising graduate students ought to turn one of them loose on a study
> of these bogus and dubious "Mark Twain quotes." Even a light content
> analysis would be revealing of how we have defined and shaped our idea of
> Mark Twain and his wisdom through these fictionalized representations.
And
> I imagine that the creation of phony Twainisms has probably accelerated
> wildly since the popularization of the web.
>
> Judging from the number of us who have responded to this question about
> these alleged quotations, it appears that there is a healthy amount of
> curiosity about what he did and did not say; a good study of this
subject,
> even a small book, would perform a real service.
>
> I was recently given a refrigerator magnet, which I was told was sold at
> the Mark Twain House in Hartford. The magnet featured a supposed Mark
> Twain quotation, "Denial ain't just a river in Egypt." I must admit, this
> sounds spurious to me. I didn't know that "denial" in its modern
pop-psych
> meaning was all that common 100 years ago. But that is why the whole
issue
> needs study; how are we to know if a quotation is real or not?
>
> Paul Schullery
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: <[log in to unmask] <javascript:;>>
> Reply-To: Mark Twain Forum <[log in to unmask] <javascript:;>>
> Date: Monday, August 20, 2012 12:36 PM
> To: <[log in to unmask] <javascript:;>>
> Subject: Re: Twain on Moderation?
>
> Terry,
>
>
> Oscar Wilde died too soon; he owes you one.
>
>
> Well said, and happy retirement!
>
>
> Ben
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Terry Ballard" <[log in to unmask] <javascript:;>>
> To: [log in to unmask] <javascript:;>
> Sent: Monday, August 20, 2012 1:48:50 PM
> Subject: Re: Twain on Moderation?
>
> I used to say "Moderation is a good thing as long as you don't take it to
> extremes." Sadly as far as I can tell, Twain didn't say the one about
> moderation in moderation. When checking out one of these, I usually go to
> Google Books and search ending in 1920. True that he said some gems in
> speeches that may not have made it to print in his lifetime, but a zero
> hit
> count is pretty telling. Unless it turns up in a speech, this goes to
that
> mountainous scrap heap of things that sound like Twain but aren't.
>
> Also, in case anyone out there is following my adventures, as of the 31st
> I'm removing lines 2-5 on my sig file below, to be replaced with "Retired
> Librarian."
>
>
> Terry Ballard
> Assistant Director of Technical Services for Library Systems
> The New York Law School
> 185 West Broadway, New York, NY, 10013
> 212-431-2106
> http://www.terryballard.org
> Author of the book "Google this" http://googlethisforlibraries.com
>
> "My memory has a mind of its own."
>
--
Terry Ballard
Assistant Director of Technical Services for Library Systems
The New York Law School
185 West Broadway, New York, NY, 10013
212-431-2106
http://www.terryballard.org
Author of the book "Google this" http://googlethisforlibraries.com
"My memory has a mind of its own."
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