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Brendan McKennedy (suburbantourist@hotmail.com)
Fri, 27 Feb 1998 23:02:59 -0800 (PST)
however, faced with de
>daumier smith's blue period and teddy i seem to be missing a bit. de
daumier
>smith seems to be about buddhism, but i can't explain the episode w/
the girl
>falling. and is mrs. x, sargent x's ex-wife? i can't find any critical
work on
>the web...[et c. et c.]
Er...As I don't know you, please don't take this as an assault on you as
a person...but I'm glad that you're not my teacher. Not because of your
lack of knowledge, but because you *regard* it as a lack of knowledge.
For the sake of your students--pleeeeeeeze don't delve any further into
the vast Treasure of "information" that has been published under the
auspices of A Wise, Knowledgeable Reading of Salinger's Fiction.
Trust your own reading, and above all, let your students trust *their*
readings. They will get from the stories what they need to get from
them...some of them less than others, but those who do Get Something
from Salinger will mature that vision on their own, and perhaps later
seek to supplement that vision by joining us here on this list.
If you want them to write a curricula-appropriate thesis on Salinger,
then give them the Critics. If you want them to know and love Salinger,
then give them Salinger.
And please feel free to direct them this way.
Brendan
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