Except that Karlin is, I believe, a silly, sassy endowed chair at U. Bristol. - MS > On Nov 1, 2018, at 8:59 AM, Hal Bush <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Taylor, thanks for your thoughts on this. Having now slept on the review, = > and reading your response, it occurs to me that the TLS review might also q= > ualify as one of those sassy essays in the "too superior for academic schol= > arship" genre. Meaning, partly, look at what those silly, abstruse academi= > cs are talking about--and HOW they talk about it. Even his response to the= > edition of the Letters calls it > > > > > > > Dr. Hal Bush > > Dept. of English > > Saint Louis University > > [log in to unmask] > > 314-977-3616 > > http://halbush.com > > author website: halbush.com > > ________________________________ > From: Mark Twain Forum <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Taylor Roberts <tayl= > [log in to unmask]> > Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2018 9:36:38 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: TLS review: recent MT scholarship > > Ouch! Karlin=3DE2=3D80=3D99s review is stylishly well written, which hurts.= > As Jac=3D > k Black=3DE2=3D80=3D99s character in the movie Orange County morosely says = > in resp=3D > onse to an insult: =3DE2=3D80=3D9CHarsh!=3DE2=3D80=3D9D > > Karlin seems to have good knowledge of MT (aside from death order of daught= > e=3D > rs + wife), but not much liking for him, and so I guess we shouldn=3DE2=3D8= > 0=3D99t=3D > expect much sympathy from the reviewer for MT scholarship targeted to luna= > t=3D > ics like us=3DE2=3D80=3D94I mean, =3DE2=3D80=3D9Ccompletists,=3DE2=3D80=3D9= > D which I admit I a=3D > m. I guess Karlin won=3DE2=3D80=3D99t be joining this Forum? :) > > Take care and hope you had a great Hallowe=3DE2=3D80=3D99en, > Taylor > >> On Oct 31, 2018, at 16:18, Hal Bush <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> =3D20 >> Folks, here is a wide-ranging and entertaining review of a number of rece= > n=3D > t=3D3D >> works on MT (though at times a tad dismissive), published in the latest T= > L=3D > =3D3D >> S; including some relatively nice things to say about our new edition of = > t=3D > h=3D3D >> e Twain-Twichell letters. I suppose we can forgive the dismissive tone o= > f=3D > =3D3D >> some of in exchange for being cited in TLS! >> =3D20 >> =3D20 >> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=3Dhttps-3A__www.the-2Dtls.co.u= > k_articles_public_never-2Dshall-2Dmeet-2Dmark-2Dtwain_&d=3DDwIBAg&c=3DPk_Hp= > aIpE_jAoEC9PLIWoQ&r=3Df7i-Uq4rMQU8-TBe45qVLg&m=3DMyrPV8hfZL8s9DUZqiihe_71cj= > o-A1JJ022TZpsCm0s&s=3DRv2RkYRh4HS9wA8BSOXDqaXavjGMJA30XfnNXzUMSM4&e=3D >> =3D20 >> [https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=3Dhttps-3A__www.the-2Dtls.co.= > uk_s3_tls-2Dprod_uploads_2018_10_p3-2DKarlin.jpg&d=3DDwIBAg&c=3DPk_HpaIpE_j= > AoEC9PLIWoQ&r=3Df7i-Uq4rMQU8-TBe45qVLg&m=3DMyrPV8hfZL8s9DUZqiihe_71cjo-A1JJ= > 022TZpsCm0s&s=3DGebO_XobdfyXwqEPpJooqajHe3d2Oq1LEh4JVqkaUKc&e=3D]<http=3D > s=3D3D >> ://https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=3Dhttp-3A__www.the-2Dtls.co= > .uk_articles_public_never-2Dshall-2Dmeet-2Dmark-2Dtwain_&d=3DDwIBAg&c=3DPk_= > HpaIpE_jAoEC9PLIWoQ&r=3Df7i-Uq4rMQU8-TBe45qVLg&m=3DMyrPV8hfZL8s9DUZqiihe_71= > cjo-A1JJ022TZpsCm0s&s=3Dia3XnfJnok_rqpTKpnyu5qerKX_1_RdhboVR4PtfHXE&e=3D> >> =3D20 >> The difficulties in dealing with Mark Twain | Daniel Karlin<https://urlde= > fense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=3Dhttps-3A__www.th-3D&d=3DDwIBAg&c=3DPk_HpaIp= > E_jAoEC9PLIWoQ&r=3Df7i-Uq4rMQU8-TBe45qVLg&m=3DMyrPV8hfZL8s9DUZqiihe_71cjo-A= > 1JJ022TZpsCm0s&s=3D4WwMSqEr7HawU8JClIapYT--ZTurFxTvuhuTv4Hy0ag&e=3D > e=3D3D >> -tls.co.uk/articles/public/never-shall-meet-mark-twain/> >> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=3Dhttp-3A__www.the-2Dtls.co.uk= > &d=3DDwIBAg&c=3DPk_HpaIpE_jAoEC9PLIWoQ&r=3Df7i-Uq4rMQU8-TBe45qVLg&m=3DMyrPV= > 8hfZL8s9DUZqiihe_71cjo-A1JJ022TZpsCm0s&s=3D_UryMCfAQvXMYhXOtwBxUFfvB_7Ko20M= > ZkvqIfLTTeQ&e=3D >> Mark Twain continues to bedevil the academy, if not the reading public. L= > i=3D > k=3D3D >> e Kipling, he has been by turns reviled and revered, often for the wrong = > r=3D > e=3D3D >> asons. >> =3D20 >> =3D20 >> =3D20 >> =3D20 >> =3D20 >> =3D20 >> Dr. Hal Bush >> =3D20 >> Dept. of English >> =3D20 >> Saint Louis University >> =3D20 >> [log in to unmask] >> =3D20 >> 314-977-3616 >> =3D20 >> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=3Dhttp-3A__halbush.com&d=3DDwI= > BAg&c=3DPk_HpaIpE_jAoEC9PLIWoQ&r=3Df7i-Uq4rMQU8-TBe45qVLg&m=3DMyrPV8hfZL8s9= > DUZqiihe_71cjo-A1JJ022TZpsCm0s&s=3D0gDAcwLcCqm-t9b0dPczC5OgBeRa-wY8rz7On_RO= > Nqg&e=3D >> =3D20 >> author website: halbush.com