Re: salinger's problems with westeners

i don't think beckett cared a fig what the critics
wrote and thought. whereas salinger seems to be very
thin skinned about it. supposedly mary mccarthy's
vicious review of 'franny and zooey' in 'harper's' was
especially hard to swallow. and, of course, after the
fairly generous praise of 'the catcher' and 'nine
stories', the critics didn't embrace the glass brood.
i believe it's been suggested that salinger withdrew
(?)--delayed indefinitely--the publication of
'hapworth' after the ny times book reviewer went on
the offensive against the glass family after it was
announced 'hapworth' was to be published in book
format.
kim

--- Jim Rovira <jrovira@drew.edu> wrote:
> Beckett seemed to get especially annoyed whenever
> Anyone wanted to Nail
> Down His Work to a specific meaning (say, Godot =
> God).
>
> I think Salinger's attitude toward psychoanalysis
> greatly influenced his
> attitude toward criticism. I think Salinger and
> Beckett shared similar
> attitudes for very, very different reasons.
>
> Jim
>
> Kim Johnson wrote:
>
> > it's reported that someone asked beckett what he
> > thought about the avalanche of books and articles
> > written about his work. his response was a slow
> > shaking of the head, side to side.
> >
> > jim,
> > in that quote i substituted lit theory and english
> > profs for zooey's psychoanalysis and
> psychoanalysts in
> > his talk with bessie about who might be able to
> help
> > franny.
> >
> > i think you're making a fine teacher.
> >
> > kim
> >
> > --- Jim Rovira <jrovira@drew.edu> wrote:
> > > heh ;).
> > >
> > > Is that a reflection of Beckett or his
> characters?
> > >
> > > Jim
> > >
> > > Kim Johnson wrote:
> > >
> > > > that famous passage from 'waiting for
> > > godot'--written,
> > > > by the way, by a man who started out as a
> literary
> > > > critic: samuel beckett--comes to mind.
> vladimir
> > > and
> > > > estragon, to while away the time, start
> hurling
> > > > insults at one another, calling each other
> > > > names...[lst half omitted] finally, down to:
> > > > v: sewer-rat!
> > > > e: curate!
> > > > v: cretin!
> > > > e: (with finality): crritic!
> > > > [[note: 2 letter r's]]
> > > > v: oh! (he wilts, vanquished, and turns away)
> > > >
> > > >
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