>Hi, I just joined the list and have been going through the archives to get a >feel for the discussion. I am a grad student at the University of Central >Florida and am looking forward to getting to know more about Twain. Oh, and >I'm currently reading _Life on the Mississippi_. Out of curiosity, can anyone >tell me if Twain was influenced at all by Charles Brockden Brown or John >Milton? > >Thanks, >Chris Hale Hello, I just did a paper for a Folklore class, where I found that MT used Charles Brockden Brown as a "Master" and MT as the "apprentice" when he was learning how to become a lecturer. That is why MT has some material like Brown's. I'm hoping to publish this paper in a journal somewhere. Mrs. Jules Hojnowski