Re: a couple of points
WILL HOCHMAN (hochman@uscolo.edu)
Sat, 17 Jan 1998 11:12:56 -0700 (MST)
maybe context is everything, but for the record, I think you are setting
up a phony dichotomy, will
On Fri, 16 Jan 1998, Peggy F. Jean-Louis wrote:
> On Fri, 16 Jan 1998, WILL HOCHMAN wrote:
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> > I don't see the brilliance and didn't enjoy the tone...will
> >
> Although ecas probably won't enjoy it, I'll try to explain why I thought
> it was brilliant and why I thoroughly enjoyed it's tone. I don't expect to
> succeed completely, I don't have the command of language that so many of
> my fellow Bananafish do, but I'll do my best.
> ecas's (and I'm using lowercase letters because that's how Eryk chooses to
> designate himself and I respect that) post was so raw, so honest...so
> *real* that it evoked Holden's voice. That aggrieved tone is exactly the
> one I would expect Holden to have if he found himself in a similiar
> situation. After so many cerebral posts, it was refreshing to read one
> that came from the gut, not the head.
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> Peggy
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