Re: Verse and Universe
Camille Scaysbrook (verona_beach@geocities.com)
Fri, 17 Jul 1998 17:03:38 +1000
> Very well said, Matt. Your comment that "Shakespeare wrote more things"
> really stirred something in me as a reader.
Not me. Not me at all. I think that's just so irrelevant! In some ways, I'm
kind of glad we only have one novel from Salinger. It's like `Fawlty
Towers' - two seasons, each one a tight and perfectly polished gem. Compare
that to something like `Roseanne' - started OK, built solidly then
disappeared up its own butt into self indulgent twaddle, sticking around
for at least two seasons later than it was already DOA. What does the size
of the body of work matter ??? `Wuthering Heights' is one of the most
brilliant books ever, but it's Emily Bronte's only book. Does that in any
way make her a lesser writer than say, William Morris, who produced so much
poetry that it fills a whole wall at my university library (some of which
has literally never been opened). Nah, nah. We spend enough time discussing
the few books he did put out, that's enough for me (not to say that I
wouldn't be head of the queue if he brought out a new one).
Yours soberly (:
Camille
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