Re: literary criticism

Dang, now I wish I had that dustjacket...

Jim

John P Baumgardner wrote:

>sundeep,
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>right you are in the source as well as the notion that it is a delightful
>book.
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>as for the relevant detail of his dwelling in Westport with his dog? I was
>actually referring to his telling of how he was intentionally writing a
>series on the Glass family. It is not as if we did not know this, but the
>readers at the time probably did not. If I am not mistaked, the debate on
>Franny and Zooey questioned whether Franny is intended to be the same
>character in both stories. The part of the jacket I was reffering to
>(again - not the part about his current home and companion) would seem to
>say yes, and obviously so. He intended them to be read as the same
>character (thus the tidbit on the jacket) and therefor I would conclude he
>wrote them to be the same character. Sorry if I'm kicking a dead horse.
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>JPB
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> "Sundeep Dougal"
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>>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.
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>Actually, in this case it didn't take only as long as it did to read your
>post, but only because some young trainees in our office recently made a
>poster of this very quote. Otherwise, I don't think I would have placed it
>to as Steinbeck's Travels with Charley, of which I have fond memories.
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>>I recently
>>read the jacket of the hardback (2nd Ed.) of F&Z. I was wondering who
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>>had access to this little letter from J.D.S. and how they feel it affects
>>the whole debate?
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>Ah the time when he said he lived in Westport with his dog? I would say,
>with an almost straight face, that it is a highly relevant detail.
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>Sonny
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Received on Wed Dec 4 14:55:31 2002