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Response to James Caron’s remarks

  • Holger Kersten

    Holger Kersten is professor of American literature and culture at Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg. His main research interests include 19th-century American literature, with a special focus on Mark Twain, the use of nonstandard language in literature, and environmental writing.

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From the journal HUMOR

Corresponding author: Holger Kersten, Department of English and American Studies, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Adam-Kuckhoff-Str. 35, 06108Halle (Saale), Germany, E-mail:

About the author

Holger Kersten

Holger Kersten is professor of American literature and culture at Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg. His main research interests include 19th-century American literature, with a special focus on Mark Twain, the use of nonstandard language in literature, and environmental writing.

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Received: 2020-10-02
Accepted: 2020-10-22
Published Online: 2021-01-11
Published in Print: 2021-02-23

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