In a message dated 12/11/02 4:03:09 AM Eastern Standard Time,
miker responds to bill crider:
<< As you could probably tell from what I wrote, I
didn't much
care for him either, >>
Actually, miker, almost your entire post was paraphrasing or
quoting others' opinions. The only opinion of your's I could
find was that you disagreed with the broad condemnation of
this book Mike Nevins in his biography as you found the
writing hauntingly lyrical even though you had problems with
other aspects. For what it is worth I would like to read more
of your opinions than a bio-biblio background. And this comes
from someone who I blushingly admit also goes into a "book
report" mode at times.
Woolrich can be absolutely dreadful. But when he is at his
best, such as in RENDEZVOUS IN BLACK, he is very good indeed.
And "hauntingly lyrical" is an excellent description of
Woolrich's prose at his best. I think this is one case where
knowledge of the writer's background may have undermined
critical opinion of his work. Knowing that Woolrich lived his
days as a momma's boy in various hotel rooms may hamper
taking him seriously.
Richard Moore
-- # To unsubscribe from the regular list, say "unsubscribe rara-avis" to # majordomo@icomm.ca. This will not work for the digest version. # The web pages for the list are at http://www.miskatonic.org/rara-avis/ .
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : 11 Dec 2002 EST