Subject: Re: 2 Q's
AntiUtopia@aol.com
Date: Wed Feb 23 2000 - 09:29:02 EST
Nah, so far as this itself goes, I feel the same way you do. I'm interested in the man but have reservations about the extent to which he can be known through his writing. I probably didn't competely understand your post, though, it seemed at the time that you were affirming two opposite things at once.
Jim
> Jim, I'm confused...though mindful of Salinger, I try and read his stories
> without interpreting them as being about him or thinking what he intended
> them to mean. However, I am interested in the author...does that nail
> down my position? In terms of my scholarship, I've shown the most
> interest in Salinger's critics and avoided any "snooping" into his
> personal life beyond anything made public. I'm not certain, but I"m
> guessing we can both agree that Salinger's fiction is where the real
> action is, will
>
> On Tue, 22 Feb 2000 AntiUtopia@aol.com wrote:
>
> > In a message dated 2/22/00 10:36:00 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> > invertedforest@angelfire.com writes:
> >
> > > Of course he has! Physically, viscerally, and to all intents and purposes.
> >
> > Right, but my reply was to Will's post, that seemed to affirm that we
> > couldn't distance Salinger from his text even though the hall of mirrors
> > seems to me to do just that...
> >
> > Jim
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