Except that Karlin is, I believe, a silly, sassy endowed chair at U. Bristol. - MS

> On Nov 1, 2018, at 8:59 AM, Hal Bush <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Taylor, thanks for your thoughts on this.  Having now slept on the review, =
> and reading your response, it occurs to me that the TLS review might also q=
> ualify as one of those sassy essays in the "too superior for academic schol=
> arship" genre.  Meaning, partly, look at what those silly, abstruse academi=
> cs are talking about--and HOW they talk about it.  Even his response to the=
> edition of the Letters calls it
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> Dr. Hal Bush
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> Dept. of English
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> Saint Louis University
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> 314-977-3616
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> http://halbush.com
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> author website:  halbush.com
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> From: Mark Twain Forum <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Taylor Roberts <tayl=
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> Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2018 9:36:38 PM
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> Subject: Re: TLS review: recent MT scholarship
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> Ouch! Karlin=3DE2=3D80=3D99s review is stylishly well written, which hurts.=
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> Karlin seems to have good knowledge of MT (aside from death order of daught=
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> rs + wife), but not much liking for him, and so I guess we shouldn=3DE2=3D8=
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> Take care and hope you had a great Hallowe=3DE2=3D80=3D99en,
> Taylor
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>> On Oct 31, 2018, at 16:18, Hal Bush <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> [log in to unmask]
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