tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1619983631530568738.post1211826416521964860..comments2023-08-05T11:27:26.856-04:00Comments on The Blathering: American Lit 2, Poor Me 1Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1619983631530568738.post-15387632951628893702008-07-28T15:56:00.000-04:002008-07-28T15:56:00.000-04:00These are my favorite offenses that Twain names:"T...These are my favorite offenses that Twain names:<BR/><BR/>"They require that the personages in a tale shall be alive, except in the case of corpses, and that always the reader shall be able to tell the corpses from the others. But this detail has often been overlooked in the Deerslayer tale. <BR/><BR/>"They require that the personages in a tale, both dead and alive, shall exhibit a sufficient excuse for being there. But this detail also has been overlooked in the Deerslayer tale.<BR/><BR/>:DDiane Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04128401898400900879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1619983631530568738.post-37854780796624159042008-07-26T08:22:00.000-04:002008-07-26T08:22:00.000-04:00Mark Twain (http://www.pbs.org/marktwain/learnmore...Mark Twain (http://www.pbs.org/marktwain/learnmore/writings_fenimore.html) would have agreed with you - and serves as a warning for anyone who believes that "classic" literature was born that way....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1619983631530568738.post-31998084176570322132008-07-25T12:38:00.000-04:002008-07-25T12:38:00.000-04:00Oh no no no! That is horrible. I'd use your one f...Oh no no no! That is horrible. I'd use your one free "I simply cannot finish this" card.<BR/><BR/>But "Ya cud do it by makin' everythin' he says drop a 'postrophe in ever' friggin' word, until yer reader feels like 'e is drownin' in 'postrophes" is hilarious.<BR/><BR/>But I'll bet your book this week doesn't have any trees strewn with scalped baby corpses in it...Jacquihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08277260387578439327noreply@blogger.com