3rd person authors

Alex David Groce · 07 Mar 2001, 21:11 · from whorl-v0012.mbox · original

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From: Alex David Groce <Alex_Groce at gs246.sp.cs.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: (whorl) 3rd person authors
Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2001 21:11:48
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Shiela Herndon wrote:

> I was just wondering if it could be possible that the kids *did*
> write those sections - but, in fact, not as stylishly as we're
> reading them. and the reason they're as stylish as we're reading
> them is becuase the story of Horn has turned into a religious text,
> and has been "intepreted" over the years by better writers? (Though,
> I guess not a good explanation for Pig's h'ears.)

Well, it leaves a lot to be desired as an explanation (since Hoof's
section is so different) but even though these kids haven't had a
strong literary education, Hoof and Hide were raised by (and Daisy
taught by one of) the authors of _The Book of Silk_.

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