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Hi Hal and Folks,
The answer to question 1 is - Yes, see Fred Kaplan's Lincoln: The Biography of A Writer. It's an excellent summer read!
Enjoy,
Gretchen Sharlow
---- Harold Bush <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Folks, as you all know, it was WDH who called our beloved MT the "Lincoln of
> our literature."
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> What I am wondering is the extent to which it may be plausible to turn that
> around, and talk about Lincoln as the "Mark Twain of our politics."
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> First, does anyone know of any writing or criticism that makes that
> connection?
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> Second, does anyone have any response or corroboration for such a concept?
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> happy waning summer days...
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> --
> Harold K. Bush, Ph.D
> Professor of English
> Saint Louis University
> St. Louis, MO 63108
> 314-977-3616 (w); 314-771-6795 (h)
> <www.slu.edu/x23809.xml>
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