I immediately think about the Grangerfords and Shepherdsons episode from Huck. Even without a map, it's pretty clear where the boundaries are, and one can easily create a map from his description. And, that episode could be read as a critique of line-drawing and how arbitrary boundaries can be (and yet how prideful people can feel about "their" side of the line). Michael On Sat, Jan 3, 2015 at 12:13 PM, Scott Holmes <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > The only map Twain provides, that occurs to me at the moment, is the map > of Nevada toll roads in Roughing It. It seems his sense of the spatial > as well as the temporal take a back seat to his sense of story. > > On Sat, 2015-01-03 at 11:37 -0600, Hal Bush wrote: > > Happy New Year to all; and I have one metaphor to ask everyone to > > consider: > > > > I've been struck with the (somewhat obscure to me, anyway) conversation > > about the mapping of Twain's adventures in Nevada. Mapping, of course, > is > > rather concerned with certainly, and with accuracy, etc. > > > > What if I mention Twain's use of, and relationship to, Maps in his > writing? > > My question is more along the lines of a global/metacognitive use, by > > Twain, of maps and mapping throughout his works, as symbol or metaphor. > I > > wonder what kinds of ideas this might suggest to others on this LIST?? > > Especially with regard to Twain's metaphysics (or lack thereof). > > > > Put it this way: in the AB, he mentions his theory of dictation as being > > "systemless system." So which is it, with his use of maps?? > > > > > > thanks, I'm just wondering here if anyone has a knee jerk response .... > -hb > > > > >