The Wizard - do not read until Jan 1

Russell Wodell · 03 Jan 2005, 08:52 · from 2005-January.txt.gz

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From: wrustle at telus.net (Russell Wodell)
Date: Mon Jan  3 08:52:34 2005
Subject: (urth) The Wizard - do not read until Jan 1
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> First the generalities:  I think Wolfe erred in making Able a modern kid 
> from America.

No, no. I agree that the tonal effect is (intentionally) jarring. But you 
have only to turn to Mark Twain's "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's 
Court" to see what Wolfe is up to in this regard....

Russell

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