Re: Re: john lennon and catcher--just say know

Subject: Re: Re: john lennon and catcher--just say know
From: James Rovira (jrovira@drew.edu)
Date: Thu Apr 25 2002 - 20:58:27 EDT

Ah, if it happens once, it's a freak coincidence. If it happens twice, it's starting to sound like a pattern. Patterns are meaningful and should always be investigated. No one with any intelligence would "blame" the book for the actions of these unhinged personalities, though..

Jim

-----Original Message-----
From: Will Hochman <hochman@southernct.edu>
To: bananafish@roughdraft.org
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 10:39:14 -0400
Subject: Re: john lennon and catcher--just say know

>If works of art are able to insprire you in positive ways then aren't they
>also able to inspire you in negative ways? You can't have one without the
>other.
>
>Jaime

I agree Jaime, I just don't think focusing on the way one nut read a
book poorly is very useful. I like to see negative ideas...Wallace
Stevens called this way of seeing "Esthetique du Mal" because he
meant to see the art in what is not good. I'm all for seeing squalor
along with love, I really am, will 

-- 
	Will Hochman

Associate Professor of English
Southern Connecticut State University
501 Crescent St, New Haven, CT 06515
203 392 5024

http://www.southernct.edu/~hochman/willz.html

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