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I take it that Mr. Halperin is referring to Howard Baetzhold's _Mark Twain
and John Bull_. The original poster might also check Baetzhold, Howard,
"The Course of Composition of _A Connecticut Yankee_: A Reinterpretation."
_American Literature_ 33 (May 1961): 195-214.
Note, too, that Twain wrote a letter to "Mother" Fairbanks in which he
solemnly promised that the characters of the Arthurian legend would
emerge from the pages of his novel as noble and pure. I have never
read anything concerning her response to the book, but presumably she
could not have been very happy.
Concerning the "Injun Joe" question. Injun Joe is a half-breed. This makes
a certain amount of sense, given Twain's conscious recreation of the
Theseus/
Ariadne myth in on. (The Minotaur, too, has a double nature.) I
particular version. (The Mintaur, of course, also has a double nature.)
iness.
I suspect it doesn't matter much.
Bob Champ
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