Re: skip the critic
WILL HOCHMAN (hochman@uscolo.edu)
Thu, 09 Apr 1998 09:17:45 -0600 (MDT)
Brendan, I'm not offended but think that before someone decides criticism
is not valid or worthwhile, one should know the criticism. The truth is
that I think all of us could have more informed reading responses which is
why I think we are online to begin with...ignoring the wealth of salinger
crit doesn't make sense to me, and since you post so much I thought you
might enjoy expanding some of direction and reach of your ideas, will
ps I don't see where my post expresses personal offense, though I will
admit I'm being defensive about criticism since I think some banafish may
benefit from critical readings and because I don't agree with mr.
salinger's bias against critics. If you recall, this discussion started
because I suggested a piece of criticism that included some of the
thinking you posted...IMHO you might have "danced" with Alsen's ideas and
seen more to your own, but your response made it clear this is not your
desire. I accept that but hope other bananafish don't, which is why I
made my dylan post.
n Wed, 8 Apr 1998, Brendan McKennedy wrote:
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>
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> >Bob Dylan said, "to live outside the law you must be honest"--dissing
> >criticism without showing real knowledge of it seems less valid to me
> than
> >it could be...will
>
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> I think this is in response to what I wrote, about skipping the critics
> and just going for the text itself...I didn't mean to "dis" *any*body,
> critic or otherwise. I freely admit that I have little to nil knowledge
> or experience with the critics; I was simply saying that my brief
> experiences with criticisms have done very little for me personally. If
> I offended you, Will, I didn't mean to, but I don't think you had any
> reason to be offended in the first place.
>
> Am I reading this all wrong?
>
> Brendan
>
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