tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32850048.post718013247855550199..comments2024-03-18T02:14:50.959-07:00Comments on ADORED BY HORDES: MarcLordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17036432624426967890noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32850048.post-15691937294263727012008-07-15T21:33:00.000-07:002008-07-15T21:33:00.000-07:00Bro Tim,Hemingway said it was the greatest America...Bro Tim,<BR/><BR/>Hemingway said it was the greatest American novel until the slave-catchers got Jim. After that, he recommended not reading it. So it provokes strong feelings, understandably. I suppose it's too much to ask people as a whole to face reality, but we can chill out about the history, learn a little, and de-ionize some phrases. I do see an upside, at least, to banning it from schools: it elevates it to being the Good Shit.MarcLordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17036432624426967890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32850048.post-46062691523069730812008-07-15T21:21:00.000-07:002008-07-15T21:21:00.000-07:00I too, think Huck Finn was arguably the best piece...I too, think Huck Finn was arguably the best piece of American literature ever written. It's a shame the PC Police have it banned from most schools. Todays people wear their feelings on their sleeves and are easily offended. It's reality they're afraid of, and the time has come to get over it. There is nothing written that won't offend someone.Brother Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08603553502416272941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32850048.post-74547282008046411902008-07-15T11:43:00.000-07:002008-07-15T11:43:00.000-07:00Iz,haggle, please, particularly because i've never...Iz,<BR/><BR/>haggle, please, particularly because i've never read Moby Dick in its entirety. Really, plenty of writers capture their place and time very well and weave them into larger themes, yet don't achieve the fame of a Twain, Melville, or Conrad. Their timing and subject matter were fortuitously resonant.MarcLordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17036432624426967890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32850048.post-23069725497404145192008-07-15T10:06:00.000-07:002008-07-15T10:06:00.000-07:00Fine post; I'd haggle a bit, as I think Moby Dick ...Fine post; I'd haggle a bit, as I think Moby Dick could give Huck Finn a run for its corn pone, but it's probably just a matter of style.isabelitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04175928587455507236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32850048.post-87110582395260485562008-07-14T11:22:00.000-07:002008-07-14T11:22:00.000-07:00Jon,Cool! Hannibal should be proud, and Mark Twain...Jon,<BR/><BR/>Cool! Hannibal should be proud, and Mark Twain would've been an excellent cocaine dealer.<BR/><BR/>Really, I've wondered to what extent Huck Finn was modeled on Twain's inner self, because he had such difficulty writing it. Or to the extent upon which Huck's father was modeled on his own. He took care to note in his writings about the book to state:<BR/><BR/> "Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral in it will be banished; persons attempting to find a plot in it will be shot."<BR/><BR/>Right.MarcLordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17036432624426967890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32850048.post-36804898755601917052008-07-14T11:16:00.000-07:002008-07-14T11:16:00.000-07:00Vincent, ooh, flattery works wonders. Roy Blount h...Vincent, ooh, flattery works wonders. Roy Blount has had a heckuva career, and is considered an expert on Twain.<BR/><BR/>On "Hole in the Head," my apologies. I finally found the right pathway to your door and left a comment there. I'd like to re-post your piece here.MarcLordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17036432624426967890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32850048.post-50239475573128443192008-07-14T09:30:00.000-07:002008-07-14T09:30:00.000-07:00Coincidentally, I was in Hannibal, MO last week, a...Coincidentally, I was in Hannibal, MO last week, and visited the Mark Twain house, etc. there. Somehow they left out some of the items you mention.....Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04131130287667282873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32850048.post-52804374562048360842008-07-14T01:03:00.000-07:002008-07-14T01:03:00.000-07:00Thanks Marc for this. You post began a little ambi...Thanks Marc for this. You post began a little ambiguously, leading me to think that the essay on Twain was actually copied from <I>Time</I> and pasted into yours. So I followed your link and read the <I>Time</I> article. I have to say that yours is a great deal better than Blount's.<BR/><BR/>After this praise, may I ask if you have read the piece I did on Phineas Gage following your "please please please" a couple of weeks ago? You encouraged it and your part in it was acknowledged therein! (It's called "Hole in the Head"Vincenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18297306807695767580noreply@blogger.com