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." > > 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." > > First, does anyone know of any writing or criticism that makes that > connection? > > Second, does anyone have any response or corroboration for such a concept? > > happy waning summer days... > > -- > 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>