Re: jd is just an author
Pasha Paterson (gpaterso@richmond.edu)
Tue, 17 Nov 1998 19:21:33 -0500
At 15:50 11/17/98 -0800, anonymous wrote:
>[...]
>although he may have been trying to send some sortve message, looking
>too deep into stories that are meant to be enjoyed can be a bad thing.
>It can destroy the enjoyment. Yes I find his works moving and they have
>many messages, but learn from them and don't be obsessive.
>[...]
So you, like me, are worried about what Franny told Lane about section
men. I would like to think that this list is not about "obsessing" over
an author. I'm not really obsessed with Salinger's writings, and I do
sort of learn from them and move on; I see this list not as an underground
fan club full of raving fanatics, but as a vehicle for discussing what
different people have "learned" from reading the same works of literature.
Such discussions are, as I see them, what literary discussion is all about.
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