Subject: Re: Sun Also Rises and "Six."
From: Jim Rovira (jrovira@drew.edu)
Date: Tue Jun 18 2002 - 11:09:53 EDT
I think I could be convinced about some stylistic affinities between
Hemingway and Salinger if we only looked at Salinger's earlier work (I
liked Scottie's post too :) -- esp. what he said about For Esme). And
yeah, the fish-fish thing needs research to support it, but it is an
interesting parallel...you never know ;).
But, say, the Salinger that wrote Uncle Wiggly and Pretty Mouth does sound
an awful lot like Cheever to me. It leads me to believe that that's just
how people were writing back then.
Jim
Will Hochman wrote:
> I actually agree with Scottie--though Salinger worshipped Hemingway
> as most writers did/do, I don't see many stylistic affinities and
> agree with Jim that Salinger and Cheever sound more similar. As for
> the point about 6 fish making a literary allusion, not in my class
> and unless there's more evidence posted, the point fails on this list
> as well (sorry chris).
>
> >One thing that struck me when I went back to my notes on Salinger's
> >correspondence with Hemingway was this little confession added in
> >post script from a letter Salinger wrote to Hemingway in l946: "My
> >book of stories project collapsed...I'm still tied up with lies and
> >affections, and to see my name on a dust jacket would postpone any
> >real improvement several more years."
>
> Perhaps Salinger's aversion to phony writing is something he may have
> learned from Hemingway? will
>
> --
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