RARA-AVIS: Joyce Carol Oates
DOUGLAS GREENE (dgreene@odu.edu)
Tue, 13 Oct 1998 09:52:22 EST
Whether or not Joyce Carol Oates likes Cain and Chandler, she
is an
interesting writer, whose attitude is indeed often ambiguous.
My
problem with her is that sometimes the viewpoint, and
occasionally
the writing, is obscure, but she does produce very noir
pieces---including an interesting short story in which the
arrival of
the police on the murder scene is told from the viewpoint of
the
corpse. Her supernatural Gothic tales can be compelling, and
(unexpectedly?) she is a fan of H. P. Lovecraft.
(Incidentally, I agree with her about Cain, and disagree
about
Chandler.)
Doug
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