kerouac and seymour glass?
Lagusta P. Yearwood (ly001f@uhura.cc.rochester.edu)
Sat, 02 Aug 1997 14:10:40 -0400 (EDT)
hi bananafishers!
i was reading some kerouac and came across an interesting reference that i
was wondering if anyone here could explain. in _satori in paris__ (a
pretty fine novella, by the way, like on the road but with neat french
scattered throughout and more overt zen themes) he mentions seymour glass!
maybe everyone but me knows that kerouac read salinger, maybe it's another
seymour, maybe it's something else entirely, but all i know is that
_satori in paris__ was first published in 1966, which would give old jack
time enough to read some seymour-mentioning salinger. does anyone have
facts about this?
here's the quote (pg 96 of the grove press edition) describing someone he
meets in paris:
"At first I wonder 'is he Jewish?'...because something about him looks
Jewish at first...his foppish delightful airs, his Watteau
fragrance, his Spinoza eye, his Seymour Glass (or Seymour Wyse)
elegance..."
i don't know who seymour wyse is, i kind of doubt he means our seymour,
and this is really puzzing me!
thanks,
lagusta
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