Re: Try listening to the real ideas and ignore vitriolic attacks

Response below:

Kim Johnson wrote:

>>Also, I take issue with the view J.D. Salinger's
>>central myth is art not
>>impeded by religion. While the point about family is
>>a good one, think how
>>Eastern philosophy dominates all aspects of his
>>later work. Art is not
>>impeded by religion, it's saturated by it.
>>
>>
>
>will wrote: "...how to locate art within a spiritual
>framework that is not impeded by religion..."
>
>this is quite different from your misreading above.
>
>(i might add i found your misreading re 'old man' in
>his 'goodbye' post surprising.)
>
>kim
>
Actually, at that one point I think John G. read will right -- the
religion point. I could be mistaken. A "spiritual framework" that is
"not impeded by religion" sounds to me like a non-dogmatic spirituality,
but Salinger's narrative voice sounds quite a bit dogmatic about these
religion matters sometimes -- at least in "Teddy." I get the impression
that was part of the immaturity of Teddy himself -- you never do know
when to follow the great enlightened pre-adolescent and when to make
excuses for him -- but still...

Jim

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Received on Mon Mar 3 16:19:34 2003