Regardless of whom the platonic sweetheart may be, it seems likely that
Laura Wright is the "pretty girl of sixteen" Twain wrote of in chapter
12 of Life on the Mississippi. He does not give her name.
On Sun, 2014-01-12 at 17:39 -0600, Kevin Mac Donnell wrote:
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> shape.
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rick Talbot" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, January 12, 2014 1:04 PM
> Subject: Re: Laura Wright
>
>
> > Kevin,
> > Your research is stunning and much to be relied upon. I look forward to
> > your
> > revealing a new and as yet undisclosed sweetheart. Please give to us the
> > full accounting of it that we are so royally used to. Best to Donna.
> > Rick
> >
> > Richard Talbot
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Mark Twain Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Heather
> > Morgan
> > Sent: Sunday, January 12, 2014 9:08 AM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: Laura Wright
> >
> > Kevin - you are an absolute Twain wizard! Every time you post
> > something,=20
> > I learn yet more about Mark Twain. Can't wait to hear more later this=20
> > year.
> > With thanks, Heather.
> > =C2=A0
> > =C2=A0
> > =C2=A0On Sun, Jan 12, 2014 at 09:41 AM, Kevin Mac Donnell wrote:
> > =C2=A0
> > =C2=A0> Howard Baetzhold wrote a piece connecting Laura Wright with
> > Twain's=
> > =20
> > essay
> >> (My Platonic Sweetheart) in American Literature 44 (Nov 1972).=20
> >> Somebody else suggested Susy Clemens as a "platonic sweetheart" in the=20
> >> MTJ (Winter 1981-82). Before his Smithsonian piece, Ron Powers=20
> >> included a good account of Laura Wright in his 2005 Twain biography.=20
> >> More recently Alicia Tromp has rejected those flesh & blood models for=20
> >> Twain's essay in her article in American Literary Realism (Platonic=20
> >> Parody) 46:1 (Fall, 2013).
> >>
> >> I'll have more to say about Twain's various "sweethearts" when I=20
> >> reveal a previously unknown one later this year.
> >>
> >> Kevin
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> >>
> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Holmes" To: Sent: Sunday,=20
> >> January 12, 2014 2:48 AM
> >> Subject: Laura Wright
> >>
> >>
> >>>=20
> >>> http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/mark-twain-in-love-14530235/?=
> > all
> >>>
> >>> I just came across this article and thought I'd mention it to the=20
> >>> list.
> >>> This is the first I've heard of Laura Wright nor have I seen "My
> >>> Platonic Sweetheart". Just wondering if anyone has any thoughts=20
> >>> about
> >>> this piece in the Smithsonian.
> >>>
> >>>
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