On Tue, 14 Jul 1998, Camille Scaysbrook wrote: > So which side of the argument are you on? I can't quite figure out whether > you are saying you agree that Salinger's work will last because of its > universality, or it won't. I am decidedly on the "Salinger's work won't last" side of things. It's not universal, except to people who think their personal experiences are universal. I thought I'd rather plainly said so two or three times recently. > I consider something `universal' to mean that it > transcends its time and place of composing To call anything "universal" is dangerous. There are components of Salinger's work that are wide-reaching (they transcend the time and place of composing), but for the most part, Salinger is not as universal as we might hope. Lesley's post of today is well taken. -------------------------------------------- Matt Kozusko mkozusko@parallel.park.uga.edu