on 12/4/03 7:40 PM, Bludis Jack at
buildsnburns@yahoo.com wrote:
<<>>
> Hammett didn't and Elmore Leonard sure
doesn't
> although he loves to bring back his
favorite
> characters. (Hammett did write the same
short
> story over and over again.)
<<>>
But I don't recall that he repeated the same 'devices', a la
those cited earlier.
<<>>
>
> Hemingway wrote the same romance over and
over,
> but without the happy ending. Even "The old
man
> and the sea" is a love story on several
levels.
> Faulkner wrote the same southern gothic.
And
> Fitzgereld did the same slice of life over
and
> over.
<<>>
Pretty much agree with this, but again, I find Parker's to be
formulaic
(there, that's the word I wanted!), as well as Spillane, et
al. And if you want to say that Faulkner's body of work
represents one long Southern gothic tale, I wouldn't argue
the point. I realize there might be a fine line between
'thematic' and 'formulaic', but I'm pretty sure I know it
when I see it (like pornography).
>
> It's not easy to be original every time
out.
<<>> Tell me about it.
Miles
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