But one doubts that Twain was so subtle an artist that he attempted to underline the metaphysical absurdity of the plot to "free" Jim by making it artisticially absurbd.
2006-12-02 11:57:06 · 3 answers · asked by <333 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
It simply means that the writer doesn't believe that Twain was smart enough that he underscored the absurdity. In other words, he thinks we are overthinking Twain's ability.
2006-12-02 13:09:35 · answer #1 · answered by swarr2001 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is just a fancey way of saying that how can Twain be so subtle of a writer that he can point out or make the big things known such a metephysics to the reader.
Metaphysics-met·a·phys·ics/
–noun (used with a singular verb) 1. the branch of philosophy that treats of first principles, includes ontology and cosmology, and is intimately connected with epistemology.
2. philosophy, esp. in its more abstruse branches.
3. the underlying theoretical principles of a subject or field of inquiry.
4. (initial capital letter, italics) a treatise (4th century b.c.) by Aristotle, dealing with first principles, the relation of universals to particulars, and the teleological doctrine of causation.
2006-12-02 12:05:50 · answer #2 · answered by Danielle 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Twain recognized that the plot to free Jim was absurd, but I( the writer) think ( "one thinks") that he (Twain) was not smart enough ("subtle enough") to show his disbelief by just presenting it in an absurd way.
If you see what I mean.
2006-12-02 12:12:17 · answer #3 · answered by JustaThought 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋