Subject: re: women in Salinger's work
From: Will Hochman (hochman@southernct.edu)
Date: Thu Mar 29 2001 - 06:27:18 GMT
Victoria wrote: "Sometimes they [female characters] seem to me more
like cyphers than characters - they're there to provide a key to
understanding the male protagonists rather than to be explored as
characters in their own right."
In a Salinger Seminar I taught several years ago, one of the best
papers I received was on Salinger's female characters and Victoria's
insight was shared by my excellent student. I share it too...as much
as I love old Phoebe, there's not enough of her...or as much as there
is of Corrine in "Inverted Forest," it's still about Ray Ford...yes,
I agree Victoria! Will
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