Please send instructions on how to discontinue this mail..thank you Michele Cook/travelnow@isat.com ---------- > From: bananafish@lists.nyu.edu > To: Discussions of J.D. Salinger's work <bananafish@lists.nyu.edu> > Subject: BANANAFISH digest 135 > Date: Friday, October 24, 1997 1:00 AM > > BANANAFISH Digest 135 > > Topics covered in this issue include: > > 1) An introduction and a farewell... > by Intel98@aol.com > 2) salinger > by zedicm@aliceoy.isracom.co.il (Zeev) > 3) Re: salinger > by Dan Kissane <dfk@snyoneva.cc.oneonta.edu> > 4) Re: JDTV > by Steve Gallagher <sgallagher@lasersedge.net> > 5) More on Seymour > by "PODESTA,Lesley" <Lesley.PODESTA@deetya.gov.au> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Thu, 23 Oct 1997 13:35:43 -0400 (EDT) > From: Intel98@aol.com > To: bananafish@lists.nyu.edu > Subject: An introduction and a farewell... > Message-ID: <971023133543_-2064498867@mrin45.mail.aol.com> > > I am new to Bananafish, and this will be my only post, as I have an > enormous respect for the sanctity of the author. As an aspiring writer, I > look at JDS' career as a guide for how I'd want things to evolve for myself, > if I cold be so fortunate.... > > I am 31 (Seymour's age at time of suicide) and I got reacquainted with > Catcher in > the Rye 6 months ago. I am consumed with it; I see so much "selling out" in > the > world today that I am repulsed by it. Everyone needs to sell out, of course, > but I see a better way.... > > Earlier this month, I found on the Web an interesting piece of reading; it > came from a movie that couldn't have been conceived without Catcher. I don't > want to violate the first disclaimer of this discussion group by posting it. > But it has inspired me to try and create a world in which HC would have > enjoyed very much, a world which couldn't have been possible just a few years > ago. And I feel that this idea might appeal to anyone who takes the TIME (the > most undervalued asset in all of creation) to be a part of this discussion > group. > > If anyone would like to Email me, I can forward this piece of writing > that I mentioned, and I can elaborate on my ideas. Please do not communicate > with me through Bananafish; I will continue to subscribe but I just want my > privacy right now, which is what every writer should have. Thanks very > much.... DJS > > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Thu, 23 Oct 1997 21:37:09 -0700 (PDT) > From: zedicm@aliceoy.isracom.co.il (Zeev) > To: bananafish@lists.nyu.edu > Subject: salinger > Message-ID: <Chameleon.971023215105.zedicm@NOHOST.isracom.co.il> > > will you please help me to find in the Internet article or a > lecture dealing with Salinger writing? ( i would like to know > more about his writing ,not his life). it is his stories i am > interested more, > > yiurs sincerly > Ditsa > > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Thu, 23 Oct 1997 15:05:02 -0400 (EDT) > From: Dan Kissane <dfk@snyoneva.cc.oneonta.edu> > To: bananafish@lists.nyu.edu > Subject: Re: salinger > > > > > > On Thu, 23 Oct 1997, Zeev wrote: > > > will you please help me to find in the Internet article or a > > lecture dealing with Salinger writing? ( i would like to know > > more about his writing ,not his life). it is his stories i am > > interested more, > > > > yiurs sincerly > > Ditsa > > > > > > > Yahoo does a decent job of this at : > > http://www.yahoo.com/Arts/Humanities/Literature/Genres/Literary_Fiction/Auth ors > > Dan Kissane > Systems Librarian > SUNY College at Oneonta > Oneonta, NY 13820 > dfk@oneonta.edu > > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Thu, 23 Oct 1997 17:30:34 +0000 > From: Steve Gallagher <sgallagher@lasersedge.net> > To: bananafish@lists.nyu.edu > Subject: Re: JDTV > Message-ID: <344F89BA.F3543028@lasersedge.net> > > Straight from Salinger (through lawyers), if I remember talking to Kinsella > correctly. Took a class taught by him. > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 10:56:32 +1000 > From: "PODESTA,Lesley" <Lesley.PODESTA@deetya.gov.au> > To: "'Bananafish@lists.nyu.edu'" <Bananafish@lists.nyu.edu> > Subject: More on Seymour > > On 6 October DC Spohr attached the message that he thought was the best > answer he'd ever seen about Seymour ie (I think some of you may be > looking too hard for the meaning of Seymour, or at least looking in the > wrong place....) > I also think it is the best answer I've ever seen and I've been carrying > a copy around all squashed up in my wallet and I read it in those three > minute breaks between work, baby, etc. > Last night I reread Seymour : An Introduction. Aah what a fantastic > story.What strikes me even more is the dis/connection with the army. On > the one hand Seymour has this family and there is constant, > overwhelming detail on family, children, parents - and on the other hand > there is the almost lifelessness of army, war. I don't know, there is > just such a contrast between the domestic which seems to be overflowing > with life and child (See for example Esme) and his bare descriptions of > his time in the army during WWII. Somehow it helps me make sense of his > reverence of Muriel & her mother's bond and fascination and happiness > and his status as a returned serviceman. > Am I treading old ground here? > In regard to covers, you may be interested to know that the contemporary > covers in Australia are silver with black print. The original first > edition in Oz of Catcher (which I have!) is hideous orange with JDS' > photo on the back, critics' quotes on the front and the most gruesome > blurb on the inside cover about this exciting novel asking the key > questions about today's youth. NO WONDER JDS demanded plain - it is > truly sacrilege. > Sorry about my delays in entering discussions - I log in at work and we > are extremely busy. > > ------------------------------ > > End of BANANAFISH Digest 135 > ****************************