Re: BANANAFISH digest 259
Sundeep Dougal (holden@giasdl01.vsnl.net.in)
Tue, 03 Mar 1998 20:18:26 +0500
>i think that it's an extension of buddy, and not an extension of
>salinger. i think the glasses inherited that kind of verbal tic from
>their mother (remember bessie was 'surely the only woman in the world
>who can write a letter in invisible italics')
>
>it seems as thought the glasses, performers one and all, have a tendency
>to dramatise and exaggerate everday things hence te captalisation and
>italics...notice how it appears mostly in the dialogue and first person
>narration...
I think this makes a lot of sense. I haven't followed the thread in any
detail, and have been putting off following up the exchange between Scottie
and Tim to a more leisurly time, but I think you have a point here. And I
love those part-sressed words of the Glasses -- I can _al_most _hear_ them.
Sonny