[lbo-talk] in literature as in politics...

Eric rayrena at realtime.net
Tue Sep 25 12:49:22 PDT 2007


[from The New York Times <http://papercuts.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/09/25/faulkners-final-year/index.html?ex=1348372800&en=f33eef7918ec2644&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss>]

In April of 1962, less than three months before his death on July 6, William Faulkner made a trip many thought he wouldn't. As a favor to a relative, the reclusive and taciturn writer spent two days visiting at West Point.

The Times covered Faulkner's visit in a dispatch by George Barrett, which ran under this 4-column headline: "Faulkner Inspects West Point, Gives a Reading and Stays for a Chat: Faulkner Finds Cadets Knowing: Corps Studied Works for Nobel Laureate's Visit."

Here's a bit of Barrett's report:

[...]

He showed surprise when almost all the cadets broke into extended applause for his reply to a question concerning the "spirit of nationalism" in which he said that "if the spirit of nationalism gets into literature it stops being literature."



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