--- James Rovira <jrovira@drew.edu> wrote:
> I accept this, Kim, but is there a difference
> between Salinger speaking
> through Buddy about the artist, and Salinger
> speaking through the artist
> himself? One is the interpretation of a certain
> type of person
> (visionary poet) by another type of person
> (storyteller -- and it may be
> a legitimate and valid interpretation so far as the
> points you raise are
> concerned), the other a direct representation of the
> visionary poet himself.
this is an excellent point. at this time, i think i'm
sticking with the idea that buddy's approximations of
seymour are pretty close. but i will admit this
conversation of the past 2 days will be in the back of
my mind the next time i read the glass stories.
(probably when there are more published.)
kim
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