>The Dark Years of Twain are considered to be during the years that his >daughter(s) and wife died. "What is Man?" is a work from that period. > >Rob McMonigal Is there a citation for this remark? If so, I would like to see it. My impression always has been that any dark writing, whether by Twain or anyone else, is defined as such by the reader. Like pornography, I can't define it, but I know it when I see it. Marcus W. Koechig M&M Books [log in to unmask] ...And so there ain't nothing more to write about and I am rotten glad of it...