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Re: Huck Finn and neopragmatism/ Rorty?
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Thu, 17 Mar 2016 14:29:36 -0500
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Gregg, yes of course -- thanks for the reminder!

Are there any recent books or articles that discuss Rorty and MT??

I also am wondering now if Rorty's time has mostly past anyway, in terms of
literary studies?? 20 years ago he was all the rage .... -hb

On Thu, Mar 17, 2016 at 1:33 PM, Gregg Camfield <[log in to unmask]>
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> Hal,
>
> You beat me to mentioning Jason's work; now I have no choice but to toot
> my=
>  own horn. =20
>
> I discuss Twain's engagement with William James's ideas in the last two
> cha=
> pters of _Sentimental Twain_.  The preface to _Necessary Madness_ frames
> my=
>  approach to humor in Pragmatic terms, explicitly referring to both James
> a=
> nd Rorty (among others), and the last chapter discusses Twain's satire in
> t=
> his context.
>
> Gregg
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Twain Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Hal Bush
> Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2016 10:23 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Huck Finn and neopragmatism/ Rorty?
>
> ps:  I just remembered Jason Horn's book about MT & William James -- which
> =
> also contains some material on Rorty... -hb
>
> On Thu, Mar 17, 2016 at 11:25 AM, Hal Bush <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > Folks;
> >
> > Is anyone aware of works that consider Huck Finn or other MT writings=20
> > through the lens of neopragmatism/ Rorty?
> >
> > I've long admired Rhetorical Power by Mailloux, which has some=20
> > coverage of the idea;  are there more recent works I should know=20
> > about??  thanks, -hb
> >
> > --
> > Prof. Harold K. Bush
> > Professor of English
> > 3800 Lindell
> > Saint Louis University
> > St. Louis, MO  63108
> > 314-977-3616 (w); 314-771-6795 (h)
> > <www.slu.edu/x23809.xml>
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Prof. Harold K. Bush
> Professor of English
> 3800 Lindell
> Saint Louis University
> St. Louis, MO  63108
> 314-977-3616 (w); 314-771-6795 (h)
> <www.slu.edu/x23809.xml>
>



-- 
Prof. Harold K. Bush
Professor of English
3800 Lindell
Saint Louis University
St. Louis, MO  63108
314-977-3616 (w); 314-771-6795 (h)
<www.slu.edu/x23809.xml>

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