tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post3258341478731150686..comments2024-03-27T16:48:21.039-05:00Comments on Wuthering <br>Expectations: the vision vanished away; we were prisoners in this dull planet again - Twain darkensAmateur Reader (Tom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-71762353081273178732016-06-29T22:58:13.695-05:002016-06-29T22:58:13.695-05:00Twain scores a few substantive hits on Cooper, but...Twain scores a few substantive hits on Cooper, but frankly not too many. <br /><br />It is a shame whenever people take Twain's piece as the last word on Cooper. It's a joke, ah say, a joke, son!Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-53059483423850722582016-06-29T22:51:56.312-05:002016-06-29T22:51:56.312-05:00yes, you said that a couple months ago; i forgot....yes, you said that a couple months ago; i forgot... so much i don't know...Mudpuddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17194891656971454279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-19592249897426123502016-06-29T22:50:20.265-05:002016-06-29T22:50:20.265-05:00Would you want Twain to be less hard on Cooper? I...Would you want Twain to be less hard on Cooper? It would spoil the joke. Comedians are only hypocrites when they don't go for the joke.<br /><br />The Cooper piece is a bank shot at, you guessed it, Walter Scott, but I figured everyone was sick of that subject.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-5971944379557958792016-06-29T18:29:48.824-05:002016-06-29T18:29:48.824-05:00he was kind of hard on poor mr. cooper; i always ...he was kind of hard on poor mr. cooper; i always liked his novels and i read a bunch of them at one time... besides, according to that last cited para quote thingy, twain admired fantasy just like c did, so i see i bit of hypocrisy there...Mudpuddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17194891656971454279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-82640091677424223442016-06-29T09:03:13.724-05:002016-06-29T09:03:13.724-05:00It must have been interesting in the 1960s, when T...It must have been interesting in the 1960s, when Twain's unpublished works were finally published, in <i>Letters from the Earth</i> and <i>The Devil's Racetrack</i> and so on. But I don't know what the reaction was like.<br /><br />The Library of America collections just put every piece in its chronological place, the unpublished writings mixed in with the magazine pieces, which is great, but I have to check the notes to see what exactly I am reading.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-84088958285269070712016-06-29T08:21:58.657-05:002016-06-29T08:21:58.657-05:00My I offer a thesis without evidence? Twain darkne...My I offer a thesis without evidence? Twain darkness is visible in almost all of his writing, but we recognize it more clearly in his later efforts. Even _Tom Sawyer_ has dark qualities. Perhaps there is a publishable paper lurking in that thesis for some young grad student. Better him or her than me. In any case, as almost always, I enjoyed reading and pondering your posting. Cheers!RTDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17113953356514605424noreply@blogger.com