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rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, William Ahearn
<williamahearn@...> wrote:
<<They wrote genre that sometimes contained depth. But
that was never their intent.>>
Not a good idea to judge artists based on their intentions...
By the way, what is "depth"?
<<I don't believe any of the other writers could even
imagine let alone create "A Burnt-Out Case' and I think it
one of Greene's lesser works.>>
Hard to speculate on what people can or cannot imagine... We
do know what they wrote, and that's usually all we know.
Personally, if the author gives me a big lecture on what he
intended, or on what his personal credo is, I tend not to
believe a word of it. I like to read a book and draw my own
conclusions about it, react to it, turn it over in my
mind.
Best,
mrt
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