Re: The So Called FAQ (was Re: literary criticism)

sonny,

thanks for the history, infra.

i think i misread jim's post, which caused me to make
my very lame joke. he actually wrote, "There's one
link for the jds.faq that doesn't work, though."

i appreciate what's up there in the ether, even if
it's old.

kim

--- Sundeep Dougal <sundeep@outlookindia.com> wrote:
> Kim,
>
> > the most f.a.q. is: why doesn't the jds.faq link
> > work?? :)
>
> I am afraid Matt's to blame entirely for this one.
> Or his (then?) Univ
> server where the pages were then kept. I guess we
> should publically ask him
> what became of those.
>
> But the other FAQ (the one that was then and shall
> ever remain a work not in
> progress) link does work (I just checked), though I
> grant that it is far
> from even a beginning.
>
> After typing all those pages in three or four
> frenzied days many years ago,
> I hadn't even looked them over, even for typos and
> syntax errors, and on
> visiting some of the links posted here, I cringe
> each time, think of
> re-writing and editing most of the material, and
> updating it, but somehow
> haven't found time and/or inclination.
>
> I think John's question about the jacket notes on
> F&Z got answered by you (I
> was of course just being facetious about the dog
> etc) when you pointed out
> the relevance of the publishing dates of the
> stories.
>
> I am not sure whether we included JDS reacting to
> the critics in his
> subsequent texts, overtly or covertly, in the FAQ --
> but the later stories
> do seem full of his "coy fraudulence" in responding
> to prominent criticism.
>
> So perhaps the question about Franny and Updike
> review does merit an
> inclusion in any such FAQ. I haven't looked around
> on the web, and have a
> feeling someone or the other may well have done just
> that.
>
> Since this one was all done way back in 1997, or
> perhaps 1998, there have
> been many more biographies and happenings that
> deserve a mention too, I am
> sure.
>
> Some days back Matt suggested searching the list
> archives, and it does seem
> like a worthwhile effort for summing up many of the
> debates that we revisit
> every now and then.
>
> I remember expressing to Matt that Scottie or Tim
> would be ideal for editing
> any such list FAQ, for it to be really, well,
> representative, but then given
> Scottie's aversion to being Sirred or deferred to,
> such thoughts better not
> be expressed, particularly right now, as being
> Columbined in reverse does
> not rule out collateral damage.
>
> Sonny
>
>
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