Re: Is Salinger from the Beat Generation?
Tim O'Connor (oconnort@nyu.edu)
Thu, 09 Jul 1998 22:26:33 -0400
On Thu, Jul 09, 1998 at 09:10:14PM -0400, patrick flaherty wrote:
> I think you have raised an interesting question, Ian. It is one that I
> have often thought of myself. I don't think Salinger should be considered a
> writer of the Beat School. However, as you have pointed out, he did publish
> during the time of the Beat Movement. Perhaps fifty years from now someone
> will publish something trying to prove that Salinger was a Beat simply
> because he was contemporary with Kerouac, Ginsberg, Burroughs, and the rest.
> I would disagree with this mainly because I think that Salinger is a writer
> who should not be categorized into a certain group or school of writing.
He certainly had a few sardonic words come from Buddy Glass's mouth
at the start of "Seymour: An Introduction" about the Beats -- enough
to make you imagine himself distancing himself from what he may have
perceived as the principles of that "movement."
--tim o'connor