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Barbara Schmidt <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 27 Nov 1997 06:43:00 -0500
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There is one passage in _Mark Twain's Notebooks & Journals_ that
also offers a glimpse of Twain's views on the topic when he
compares the standards for art vs. literature:

Criticism is a queer thing. If I print "She was stark naked" - & then
proceeded to describe her person in detail, what critic would not
howl? - who would venture to leave the book on a parlor table. - but
the artist does this & all ages gather around & look & talk & point. I
can't say, "They cut his head off, or stabbed him, &c" describe the
blood & the agony in his face.
- Notebook #18, Feb. - Sept. 1879

Barb

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