literary criticism

I haven't paid close enough attention to all of the postings here to use
this quote as a response, but it is undoubtedly relevant to that lengthy
conversation that transpired several weeks ago. I will not place the
source yet, but am very interested in how long it will take someone to
place it. I mostly desire to know how popular is this book which I am
currently enjoying.

"In literary criticism the critic has no choice but to make over the victim
of his attention into something the size and shape of himself."

It is entirely more enjoyable in its context than by itself.

And while I'm making a far less than frequent posting, I have another
thought. Pertaining to the "Franny and Zooey" conversation, I recently
read the jacket of the hardback (2nd Ed.) of F&Z. I was wondering who else
had access to this little letter from J.D.S. and how they feel it affects
the whole debate?

J.P. Baumgardner

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Received on Wed Dec 4 13:23:20 2002