In books and articles I've been reviewing, I've seen next to nothing. I'm thinking as you are, though I think his approaches are now unconsciously embedded in much critical practice. G -----Original Message----- From: Mark Twain Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Hal Bush Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2016 12:30 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Huck Finn and neopragmatism/ Rorty? Gregg, yes of course -- thanks for the reminder! Are there any recent books or articles that discuss Rorty and MT?? I also am wondering now if Rorty's time has mostly past anyway, in terms of literary studies?? 20 years ago he was all the rage .... -hb On Thu, Mar 17, 2016 at 1:33 PM, Gregg Camfield <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hal, > > You beat me to mentioning Jason's work; now I have no choice but to > toot my= own horn. =20 > > I discuss Twain's engagement with William James's ideas in the last > two cha= pters of _Sentimental Twain_. The preface to _Necessary > Madness_ frames my= approach to humor in Pragmatic terms, explicitly > referring to both James a= nd Rorty (among others), and the last > chapter discusses Twain's satire in t= his context. > > Gregg > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Twain Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Hal Bush > Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2016 10:23 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Huck Finn and neopragmatism/ Rorty? > > ps: I just remembered Jason Horn's book about MT & William James -- > which = also contains some material on Rorty... -hb > > On Thu, Mar 17, 2016 at 11:25 AM, Hal Bush <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > Folks; > > > > Is anyone aware of works that consider Huck Finn or other MT > > writings=20 through the lens of neopragmatism/ Rorty? > > > > I've long admired Rhetorical Power by Mailloux, which has some=20 > > coverage of the idea; are there more recent works I should know=20 > > about?? thanks, -hb > > > > -- > > 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> > > > > > > -- > 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> > -- 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>