[lbo-talk] Prose Style, was Time to Get Religion

Carrol Cox cbcox at ilstu.edu
Thu Dec 7 15:05:01 PST 2006


Carl Remick wrote:
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> As wordy novelists go, Conrad is infinitely more enjoyable than Henry James,
> who had a tendency (as has been famously noted) to chew more than could he
> could bite off.

Oh pish. What Maisie Knew, The Awkward Age, and The Sacred Fount are as wonderful as any novel ever written. People try to narrow down the list of great texts in order to continue to pretend that a "well-read" person can/will read everything that a well-read person should read.

Carrol



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