Maureen Furniss writes: > This guy was a REAL loser, but he instilled in me a great resolve to > stand up for myself and to not get pushed around in the future. He, as > much as the few mentors I met along the way, really helped me develop > character. And there are those who make me remember to have a measure of humility, especially the Victorian lit. teacher who objected to my arcane (to him, anyway) references in a paper on THE MOONSTONE. When I mentioned in passing that Poe had "invented" the classic detective story format in his Dupin stories, he sneered that "Poe was primarily a writer of Gothic fiction. I suppose that "The Goldbug" might be a mystery, if you stretch a point." (Yes, I memorized that comment many years ago!) I did not bother to point out to him that the Mystery Writers of America give an annual award called the "Edgar" but I still wish I had! At any rate, the incident served as an object lesson that teachers don't know everything! Don Larsson ---------------------- Donald Larsson Minnesota State U, Mankato [log in to unmask] ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.tcf.ua.edu/ScreenSite