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My message was not in regard to Gary Henrickson's comments.  He has a
right
to his opinions as well as anyone else.

I would be very happy to read what "anyone" has to say about all of the
subjects that you mentioned in your message.  They all sound like they
could be intriguing.

And just for everyone's information, I have had personal responses from
others who feel as I do.  If my message eliminates this type of feeling
from others and they decide that what they have to say is worth saying,
then I am content that I did, indeed, send it to the forum because then
those "others" may contribute.

Thank you for listening.

Sue J. Harris
Secretary for Career Development and Fine Arts
Elmira City School District

"Live Life To the Fullest Everyday"

On Thu, 5 Mar 1998, Mark Coburn wrote:

> Regarding Sue Harris's last message, surely this forum does NOT at all
> exist purely for academic exchange.  If that were the case, there would
> not be so many postings like 'don't
> miss what some tv show is doing on Twain tonight.'
>
> It would be a shame, I think, if anyone with an interest in Twain felt
> unwelcome or belittled on this forum.
>
> But I am also VERY sympathetic with Gary Henrickson's comment that maybe
> we've had enough for awhile on "nigger" in Adventures of Huckeberry
> Finn.
>
> The recent Oxford Twain edition includes 29 volumes, and is far from
> being complete....  So how about anti-Paiute bias in Roughing It and
> Twain's letters from Nevada for a change?  Or anti-Catholicism in
> Connecticut Yankee?  Or Twain's assaults on the jury system in God knows
> how many works?  Or "The Recent Carnival of Crime in Connecticut" as
> a foreshadowing of Twain's late writings?  Or his handling of twinship
> and switched identites?  Or cross-dressing in Huckleberry Finn?  Or the
> hodgepodge of styles in A Tramp Abroad?  Or how much he did and didn't
> recycle material from book to book?  Or the possible influence of
> Pudd'nhead Wilson on Faulkner's Light in August?  Or the use of
> Southwest humor in Joan of Arc?
>
> Yeah, Gary, we might possibly find something else to talk about.
>
> Yeah, Sue, it's your forum too.
>
> Regards to all,
> Mark Coburn
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