Dear Hal:
Sorry, I should have realized that among a group
of Twain scholars, all of you would be familiar
with the novel's flaws.
I guess my post seemed foolish to the Forum
readers. In retrospect, your humor/irony
should've been apparent.
Anyway, no big deal.
Often, I've found some of life's best lessons are
learned when one makes a fool of oneself ;-)
Steve Hoffman
Takoma Park MD
On 5/7/2014 8:47 AM, Hal Bush wrote:
> it's irony, Steve. i.e. a joke, or perhaps
> failed humor. I believe most folks on the LIST
> are pretty familiar with those arguments...
>
> ps: if you really want to see a scathing review
> of the flaws of AHF, check out Jane Smiley's
> notorious review in Harper's, circa 1996.
>
> -hb
>
>
> On Wed, May 7, 2014 at 12:09 AM, Steve Hoffman
> <[log in to unmask]
> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
>
> What's so shocking about that?
>
> Many readers of Huck Finn would argue the last
> section of the book (once Tom Sawyer comes
> in and
> starts running the show) is quite flawed, for a
> variety of reasons!!!!!!
> And I count myself among them.
>
> Many an astute reader of that great novel have
> been disappointed by the turns the story takes
> once Tom Sawyer sort of takes over from Huck
> Finn.
>
> -Steve Hoffman
> (no academic credentials, just a lay-person
> Twainiac in Takoma Park MD)
>
> On 5/6/2014 12:10 PM, Hal Bush wrote:
> > Tom: "The Flawed Greatness of Huckleberry
> Finn"?? "Flawed"? ? ? -- you
> > must be joking here ... -hb
> >
> >
> > On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 11:01 AM, Quirk,
> Thomas V. <[log in to unmask]
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> >
> >> John, I did have one essay: =B3The
> Flawed Greatness of Huckleberry Finn.=
> >> =B2
> >> American Literary Realism 45:1 (Fall
> 2013) 2: 38-48. I don't know the
> >> electronic link.
> >>
> >>
> >> On 5/5/14 3:39 PM, "John Bird"
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