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]>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] > >wrote: > > > >> 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" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> > >>> Once again, I will be writing the chapter on Mark Twain for American > =3D > >>> Literary Scholarship, reviewing all the Twain scholarship for the year > = > >> =3D > >>> 2013. If you had an article or book published in 2013, please send me > =3D > >>> links to articles, copies of articles, or have the publisher send me > =3D > >>> book copies. Email and mailing address below. Thanks! (I will most =3D > >>> likely do this again for 2014, so if you have something this year, > send = > >> =3D > >>> along!) > >>> =20 > >>> [log in to unmask] or > >>> [log in to unmask] > >>> =20 > >>> Department of English > >>> 250 Bancroft > >>> Winthrop University > >>> Rock Hill, SC 29733 > >>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > >>> John Bird > >>> [log in to unmask] > > > > > -- Prof. Harold K. Bush Professor of English 3800 Lindell Saint Louis University St. Louis, MO 63108 314-977-3616 (w); 314-771-6795 (h) <www.slu.edu/x23809.xml>