--- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, William Ahearn
<williamahearn@...> wrote:
>
>
> --- Michael Robison <miker_zspider@...>
wrote:
>
> > Blame postmodernism. Everything is relative.
Any
> > attempt to establish some sort of standard
is
> > prejudicial. Making judgements is
evil.
> >
> The post-modernists and the deconstructionists
can
> bite my butt. Actually, not relatively.
>
You must be more precise, I'm afraid. Do you want it
deconstructed or merely bitten?
On this topic: it doesn't seem productive to get entangled in
definitional wars about what "literature" is and is not. How
about we just discuss "books" or "texts"? Let's leave the
larger masturbatory metadiscussions in the hands of those who
can profit by them. This list deals with a large genre (crime
fiction) and its various subgenres. It does not deal with the
meaning of life or the endless possibilities, classifications
and critical approaches to "any text". We cover anything from
Carroll John Daly (a primitive) to Charles Willeford (a
highly sophisticated and ironic writer), with just about
everything hardboiled and noir in between. We've got enough
material, I think.
Best,
mrt
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