Before you send us on the road Camille, I'm not saying that Hapworth is a mind dump and that's that...just that what Salinger in l965 wanted to publish as he wrote it has a force of its own...In addtion to other aesthetic qualities...I actually like the writers named in the story (for the most part) and especially think Salinger is getting closer to a poetic and spritual aesthetic sense in the story....plus, I enjoyed the story as an inversion of how we value knowledge and educating young folks but don't have a good sense of play in perspective...anyhow, I'll obviously handle the tap dancing...will On Thu, 26 Aug 1999, Camille Scaysbrook wrote: > Will & Scottie (not, as it sounds, an old vaudeville team (: ) wrote: > > I'm too old to care now so that when it comes > > to the next two, there's going to be no damned > > compromise with anyone. I promise you. > > > > Scottie B. > > YES! That's perhaps the same reasoning that makes "Hapworth" worthwhile > > to some readers...will > > Interesting perspective. So you're saying that the sheer audacity of > Hapworth is something that would endear it to its intended audience? A > sense of `Wow, look what Salinger can get away with', even? It seems that > this is an integral part of many such cult figures - Andy Warhol springs to > mind. > > Now, about you and Scottie starting up a vaudeville team ... (: > > Camille > verona_beach@geocities.com > > > _________________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com >