10-09-2015, 10:48 AM
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Re: But you were up to your old tricks in chapters 4, 5, and 6.
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Originally Posted by Not Bob
I think that Wolfe is more interested in plots and narratives than characters. Which is mostly fine with me. I like plot. As a English teacher once told me, there are plot-driven books, there are character-driven books, and there are writerly skill-driven books. She gave Dickens as an example of the first (and Wolfe would probably identify as a neo-Dickens), Cheever as an example of the second, and Toni Morrison as an example of the third. Obviously, there's overlap and the distinctions are somewhat arbitrary, but I think it's useful.
And speaking of Wolfe, Vanity Fair just posted this great article about him by Michael Lewis here. |
what type writer were penske's socks?
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