Re: waiting for the Miracle - teen angst texts
WILL HOCHMAN (hochman@uscolo.edu)
Mon, 30 Mar 1998 12:04:57 -0700 (MST)
Yes, there's a lot I'm not telling cause I'm trying to write a book but if
you think I have any insight about jds online, I afraid you are mistaken.
Camille (it's a name that deserves an entire line or stanza or paagraph!)
Thanks for your post on teen angst--I just received a request to do a week
of teaching teachers in NJ about literature and adolescence and will
accept if my wife doesn't spoil the gig by telling how I'm still working
on growing up...your post makes me think I can feature what we do on
bananafish...will
On Fri, 27 Mar 1998, Camille Scaysbrook wrote:
> > Could somebody please tell me a nice little honest something about
> > Ulysses that will make me read it? I mean, what is it, too? Also,
> > anything you say means a great deal to me because of your fellow
> > honorary bananafishship, so I would appreciate it if you would recommend
> > to me some tangible Classics that are necessary for the redemption,
> > guidance (or acceptance?) of a troubled youth. Preferably ones that I
> > can buy.
>
> Well. I must confess I never read Ulysses though it's sitting in my
> bookcase waiting for a day when I have a heck of a lot of time spare (:
> >From what I can figure Joyce seemed to be a bit of - well, what we call in
> Australia, a `dropkick'
>
> As for Teen Angst texts, I always found Arthur Rimbaud's `A Season in Hell'
> to be the all time classic. Somewhat comforting, but you have to read it
> all the way through to get anywhere near feeling redeemed. And ... let's
> see. Well, the works of S.E. Hinton sure helped me through 8th grade (:.
>
> As far as classics go, I personally recommend anything by Vladimir Nabokov
> (`Lolita' is a good starting point) `The Great Gatsby' if you haven't
> already read it (or had it ruined for you by having to study it),
> `Generation X' by Douglas Coupland (it's not as bad as you've heard,
> really it isn't!) `Suddenly Last Summer' by Tennessee Williams, and `What's
> Eating Gilbert Grape' by Peter Hedges (did anyone notice the very oblique
> Salinger
> reference in that? Arnie, the retarded brother, can't wait for the Merry Go
> Round each summer, and refuses to get off it ...) As far as poetry goes, a
> bit of Christina Rossetti is good but Emily Dickinson may piss you off a
> bit. `
>
> True, not all of these are certified Cliff Note Classics but they sure
> qualify on the angst side (plus just about any of my own stuff (;).
>
> > I have this dream, not the literal sleep-related ones, and not one of
> > those NBA 'I believe I can fly' dreams where you can actually put on
> > some wings and take a jump. I'm talking about the dream that isn't a
> > hope, isn't really a posibility and isn't really a dream. Salinger
> > arrives at our Bananafish post, with a single anecdote and it's the
> > miracle we're waiting for
>
> I often wonder about the possibility of Salinger subscribing under another
> name, and reading all these things we discuss about him. Hey, Will ! Is
> there something you're not telling us .... ?
>
> Camille
>
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