Achilles and the Tortoise
- Clark Griffith
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Achilles and the Tortoise is written by Clark Griffith and published by University of Alabama Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0817310398 (ISBN 10) and 9780817310394 (ISBN 13).
Annotation In critiquing Twain's humor in his fiction, Griffith (English, U. of Oregon) contends that he essentially told the same "sick" joke repeatedly without resolution-- like Achilles who could not overtake the tortoise in Zeno's Paradox. He concludes with Mark Twain and Melville: An Essay on the Metaphysics of Twinship. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.
