>Hi, I just joined the list and have been going through the archives to get a
>feel for the discussion. I am a grad student at the University of Central
>Florida and am looking forward to getting to know more about Twain. Oh, and
>I'm currently reading _Life on the Mississippi_. Out of curiosity, can anyone
>tell me if Twain was influenced at all by Charles Brockden Brown or John
>Milton?
>
>Thanks,
>Chris Hale

Hello,
        I just did a paper for a Folklore class, where I found that
MT used Charles Brockden Brown as a "Master" and MT as the
"apprentice" when he was learning how to become a lecturer.
That is why MT has some material like Brown's.

I'm hoping to publish this paper in a journal somewhere.

Mrs. Jules Hojnowski