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rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, DJ-Anonyme@... wrote:
>
> Nathan wrote:
>
> "Henry James wasn't subtle. He just wrote stories
where nothing
> happened."
>
> He stole the idea from Seinfeld, a "show about
nothing."
Nonsense. A more subtle novel than "What Maisie Knew" is hard
to imagine. James was a tranquil writer, and it takes a
tranquil (or at least tranquilized) reader to follow his
fictions. He definitely requires an "accomplice" reader, but
then, don't our beloved pulpsters require that, too? I
certainly know quite a few people who find our kind of pulp
story unreadable, a big pile of trash. Even Chandler and
Hammett. Try and recommend Willeford (acknowledged as a
modern master by us) to your average avid reader and then
tell me the results...
Best,
MrT
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