Re: fitzgerald vs. hemingway & wolfe

Oh, I wouldn't argue that Fitzgerald at least Sometimes had a point.
 The formula seemed a bit different in _Tender is the Night_ (a pretty
gurn good novel in my opinion), though -- it seemed that the lady's
wealth emasculated the man.

I've had plenty of excuses over the last 15 years not to write,
creatively or critically, and barring those little excuses called wars
I think they're mostly BS -- I haven't accomplished what Fitzgerald has
accomplished, but I can't say I haven't written critically or
creatively. I'm sure I could USE my circumstances as an excuse for not
writing more, but I prefer to find ways to accomplish something rather
than excuses for not accomplishing.

I think Fitzgerald was a crybaby in some ways, but I don't mean that to
take away from his genius either...

Jim

John Gedsudski wrote:

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>> Well, that and he felt sooo victimized by women.
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> I wonder, Jim, if you have ever been around a lady friend that may
> have had a deleterious effect on your creative output (granting of
> course...)? Because the Fitzgerald formula was something like this:
> timorous emasculated great male writer
> +testosterone laced envious lady pen
> =trouble in paradise.
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> Kim: Critics do not call writers geniuses for their idiosyncracies.
> They say it because critics failed in life. Complaining, as some once
> did, that Fitzgerald never developed after The Great Gatsby makes me
> convinced all literary critics are certain to die a long, painful
> death, and are sure to be reincarnated in the next life as dung beetles.
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> Wolfe: "Salinger is the classic case of burn out."
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> Gedsudski:"Wolfe is the classic bloated sellout."
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> John Gedsudski
> Professor of Epicurean Studies
> Philistia Community College
> 501 Boorish Drive
> NY,NY
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>>> Re-read a lot of Scott Fitzgerald's work this week. God, I love that
>>> man. Damn fool critics are forever
>>> calling writers geniuses for their
>>> idiosyncracies--Hemingway for his reticent dialogue,
>>> Wolfe for his gargantuan enery, and so on. Fitzgerald's only
>>> idiosyncracy was his pure
>>> brilliance.
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>>> --J. D. Salinger
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Received on Fri Nov 22 12:50:01 2002