Re: * In search of the book: "22 Stories" *
WILL HOCHMAN (hochman@uscolo.edu)
Tue, 22 Dec 1998 10:44:34 -0700 (MST)
I'm going to ask you to consider J.D. Salinger's desire that
these stories not be collected and also suggest there's more fun to
finding them than you think.
First of all, Stephen Foskett's web page is a salinger scholar's dream
since it really does online what about ten or twenty years of study did
for offline scholars...why not use the bibliography to print out where
the stories were originally published and flex your reserach and library
muscles? You will have fun seeing the mags and pix that give his early
stories some rich context, and you will legally own your xerox copies
instead of illegally hurting an author worthy of our respect.
I've been thinking quite a bit about this prob as a matter of fact since
I'm thinking about how to put my Salinger Seminar online. I think the
early stories do give readers a rich sense of the author's development and
attune readers to Salinger's style and range of concerns quite
nicely...yes the 22 stories you seek and admit loving may set the table
for the feast of Salinger's 4 books too well to ignore as his perfect
"pre-history."
I can legally put my xerox copies on reserve for students, but the teacher
in me imagines the story quest to be something that enhances their
meaning...but to make finding the stories part of the course means not
using them as the beginning course texts...I'm still thinking and actaully
bananafishing for suggestions since I'm not anxious to offer a distance ed
course that will also allow for mail order access to the stories since the
library can copy and mail material reserved for courses, and at the same
time I'm aware of how the stories in their chronology help give students a
sometimes raw but rich sense of a the writer's growth and direction.
Any ideas? The course is offered in a 7 week time frame, so I'd do the
uncollected stories in 2 weeks, the other 4 books in 4 weeks, with a
frenetic week of final papers of course...
will
On Tue, 22 Dec 1998, adam newton wrote:
> Hello. My name's Adam, and I'm new to the list and am not sure how i
> should field this question (not knowing how you feel about its being
> published against the author's wishes), but I am desperately searching
> for a book that was released underground recently in 1998 called "22
> Stories." It contains the complete works of J.D. Salinger that are not
> already widely available. It's simply a plain blue colored paperback
> book with "train bridge recluse" printed on its last page - evidently
> claiming to be its publisher. If anyone might know where a can get
> a hold of a copy, please e-mail me at: eye5@writeme.com
>
> Any and all help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thank you,
> Adam Newton
>
> ps: I hope you all understand. It'd be a great gift.
>
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