Re: what is great writing ?
WILL HOCHMAN (hochman@uscolo.edu)
Wed, 15 Apr 1998 12:44:54 -0600 (MDT)
yes, I aggree with Annalisa and would suggest that the person she refers
to is Frank Kermode who understood classic books to yield new meanings
over time...see _The Classic_ by Frank Kermode isbn 0 674 13398 6 (*)
On Wed, 15 Apr 1998, Annalisa Baicchi wrote:
> Will, you asked what makes a writer a great writer.
> Someone said (I cannot remember who, but i'm sure it was a writer) that a
> classic is a book which hasn't exhausted yet to say all the things it
> wanted to say. Isn't this a great definition for great writing? Otherwise
> we
> cannot explain why we read the same books many times in life and each time
> we find something new in them. Yes, as time passes, our experience as men
> or women grows as well as empirical readers but , anyway, a book which
> has always something new to tell you and which speaks directly to your
> hearts, well, I think that's a great cave of food for mind and soul.
> Don't you think so?
>
> Annalisa
>