the iceberg principle

Scottie Bowman (bowmam@indigo.ie)
Fri, 13 Nov 1998 11:13:41 +0000 

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    We're told Salinger as a young writer was an admirer=20
    of Hemingway. And certainly the Catcher & Esme have=20
    something of the tone of the older man's colloquially told stories.

    But by the time we get to the later stuff with all those dandyish
    associations & qualifications he seems to ignore completely=20
    the principle of 'less is more.' (To me that 'academical' frown=20
    of Zooey's sounds like the kind of thing one tosses in for=20
    easy effect & later cuts as being altogether too charmingly glib.)

    A writer must go on finding his own voice & be honest to it=20
    &, of course, one respects him for it.  But the reason he loses me=20
    by the time we get into the Glass menagerie has as much to do=20
    with the way he trowels on the words as with the=20
    Gosh-isn't-this-mystical-&-ineffable philosophising.

    Scottie B.


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    We're told Salinger as a young writer was an = admirer=20
    of Hemingway. And certainly the Catcher & = Esme have=20
    something of the tone of the older man's = colloquially=20 told stories.

    But by the time we get to the = later=20 stuff with all those dandyish
    associations & qualifications he seems to = ignore=20 completely
    the principle of 'less is more.' (To me that=20 'academical' frown
    of Zooey's sounds like the kind of thing one = tosses in=20 for
    easy effect & later cuts as being altogether = too=20 charmingly glib.)

    A writer must go on finding = his own=20 voice & be honest to it
    &, of course, one respects him for it.  = But the=20 reason he loses me
    by the time we get into the Glass menagerie has = as much=20 to do
    with the way he trowels on the words as with the =
    Gosh-isn't-this-mystical-&-ineffable=20 philosophising.

    Scottie=20 B.
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