<<Here's another quotation that some of you will
appreciate:
"As Richard Bridgman has recently demonstrated in his book
The Colloquial Style in America, the tough style is a form of
colloquila style which descends most directly from Mark
Twain.">>
I think this is substantially correct. Twain revolutionized
writing in America. You can see a before and an after Twain.
Just to muddle things a little, or to add to the general
hardboiledseasickness in the air*, I would add John Dos
Passos as a source of literary toughness, alongside
Hemingway. Ellroy follows Dos Passos pretty closely at
times...
[*I claim a "special I, the jury prize" for worst metaphor
ever]
Regards,
MrT
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