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you know what always irritates me just a little? It's when someone says the
following:
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> He's been called the greatest American writer of all time. His bestselling
> novel, "The [sic] Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" — the book, Ernest
> Hemingway wrote, from which "all American literature comes"
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Now, perhaps I'm splitting hairs here. But Hemingway never said this. A
character in one of his stories said it. Which means, it's like saying Poe
once said that "I looked for the opportunity to dismember him" (Tell-tale
Heart).
Is it just me here? I beg you, members of the guild -- please help me to
overcome my own rather severe weaknesses on this extremely trivial
matter... best, -hb
--
Harold K. Bush, Ph.D
Professor of English
Saint Louis University
St. Louis, MO 63108
314-977-3616 (w); 314-771-6795 (h)
<www.slu.edu/x23809.xml>
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