Aw heck. I thought Ben was talking about me and I took it as a
compliment.
Kevin
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------ Original Message ------
From: "Matt Seybold" <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: 2/14/2024 10:23:19 PM
Subject: Re: Charles Neider, editorial reputation?
>I might grade Neider a mite higher than Kevin & Ben do, but if you think (as I do) that the Cold War era propagandizing of Twain has been a net negative for both Twain scholarship & Twain’s reputation, Neider has to be at the top of the list of Twain scholars who were complicit in that propagandizing, if not necessarily driving it. - MS
>
>> On Feb 14, 2024, at 11:15 PM, Benjamin Griffin <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>> A conscienceless plunderer.
>>
>>
>>> On Wed, Feb 14, 2024 at 1:16 PM <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>
>>> Well, you caught me in a good mood, the weather clear, my hopes bright,
>>> birds chirping nearby, and feeling more charitable than I've felt in
>>> months. So, you might have to factor this in when I grade Mr. Neider on
>>> a curve, but I'd give him an F.
>>>
>>> That's his grade as an editor. As for popularizing Twain, he seemed
>>> quite good at PR, either promoting himself or Twain.
>>>
>>> Kevin
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>>> ------ Original Message ------
>>> From: "Dave Davis" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>> Sent: 2/14/2024 10:04:40 AM
>>> Subject: Charles Neider, editorial reputation?
>>>
>>>>
>>>https://www.edseditions.com/pages/books/192304/mark-twain/the-adventures-of-colonel-sellers-edited-with-an-introduction-notes-by-charles-neider
>>>>
>>>> I'm reading in this version, while I wait for my Library of American
>>> volume
>>>> to come in the mail.
>>>> In it, Neider took the liberty of excising Warner's chapters, leaving
>>>> SLC's, and explained why he thought that was a good idea. Apparently
>>>> Doubleday (the publishers) thought so as well. I guess there was market
>>>> demand for 'new' Twain works in the American book market at the time.
>>>>
>>>> What is anyone's view of Neider's editorial work on MT, nowadays? He got
>>>> out several volumes of Twain material -- (see list below) --the stuff that
>>>> was on the shelves when I first wandered into my Jr. High School library
>>> in
>>>> the late 60's. I read and enjoyed his edition of the Autobiography, which
>>>> included some previously unpublished chapters and excellent period
>>>> photographs, including the "rocking chair" series which SLC annotated.
>>>>
>>>> Like Holbrook, Neider did a lot of this Twain-related work during the last
>>>> decade of Clara Clemens's life and tenure of the Estate.
>>>>
>>>> From Wikipedia--
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Neider edited a major edition of the Autobiography of Mark Twain,
>>>> published in 1959. In this, he expressed regret that Twain's daughter
>>> Clara
>>>> Clemens would not permit him to include Samuel Clemens' dictations from
>>>> June 1906 (the 19th, 20th, 22nd, 23rd, and 25th).[6]
>>>>
>>>> "Other Mark Twain Publications he edited include:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> - The Complete Short Stories of Mark Twain (1957)
>>>> - The Autobiography of Mark Twain (1959)
>>>> - The Complete Humorous Sketches and Tales of Mark Twain (1961)
>>>> - Mark Twain: Life As I Find It (1961)
>>>> - The Travels of Mark Twain (1961)
>>>> - Complete Essays of Mark Twain (1963)
>>>> - The Adventures of Colonel Sellers (1965)
>>>> - The Complete Travel Books of Mark Twain (1966)
>>>> - Mark Twain (1967)
>>>> - The Comic Mark Twain Reader (1977)
>>>> - The Selected Letters of Mark Twain (1972)
>>>> - A Tramp Abroad (1977)
>>>> - Plymouth Rock and the Pilgrims and Other Salutary Platform Opinions
>>>> (1984)
>>>> - Papa: An Intimate Biography of Mark Twain by Susy Clemens (1985)
>>>> - Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1985)
>>>> - Mark Twain at His Best: A Comprehensive Sampler (1986)
>>>> - The Outrageous Mark Twain (1987)."
>>>>
>>>> (The ones in that listing that were authored entirely by Neider, I don't
>>>> know anything about.)
>>>>
>>>> Thoughts? /DDD
>>>
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