Re: letter to Nicola
J J R (jrovira@juno.com)
Mon, 02 Nov 1998 17:24:11 -0500 (EST)
yes, Scottie, I have to agree that Nicola is one of the more sensitive
souls around and I too hate the thought of that being tarnished.
Some of us, N, think when we read literature, while others just feel, and
a few, VERY FEW, like to do both.
Those who only think don't really understand those who feel. Those who
only feel--like Scottie--don't understand those who think (but think they
do :) ). Those who do both, well, tend to be confused half the time...
I read Joyce's Portrait, and Felt, and then I did my senior honors thesis
on it, and never wanted to read another word of Joyce again :) So the
danger's there.
I know your question was directed toward Will, but somehow I think he's
managed to avoid the danger. If you choose to remain an English major
you're going to have to face this and overcome it somehow.
Jim
On Mon, 02 Nov 1998 20:56:24 +0000 Scottie Bowman <bowman@mail.indigo.ie>
writes:
>
> Dear Nicola,
>
> This is no place for a girl like you. You must escape at
>once,
> clutching your sanity & thanking God you were warned in time.
>
>
> I wish someone had warned me. However, as you can see, it's
> now too late. Here I am marooned - like a drunk in a
>Marseilles
> brothel - in the midst of these weird Yanks endlessly
>projecting
> their quasi religious fantasies onto a modest body of work by
>one
> of their minor 1950s writers.
>
> Your instincts are absolutely sound & healthy. Fiction is
>either
> to be written or read. Anything else is - as you've rightly
> recognised - simply word-wanking. On this basis, I'm sure
> you should also give up your college English course. Remember
>
> the just deceased Ted Hughes. He too became so disillusioned
> with his teachers that he packed the whole lot in, took up
> anthropology & went on write some of the greatest of all
>modern
> English poetry.
>
> Scottie B.
>
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