[lbo-talk] Who was Charles Dickens?

[Chuck Grimes]

Yes, after I read that essay, I thought I should go back and read some 
Dickens as a man and not a grumbling teenager who resented homework. I could 
probably follow the subtextural sexuality if there was any. I really got on 
a grumb against English Victorian lit. I liked the French and Russians 
because there was less prudery. About the only thing I liked in English was 
the use of language, which gets lost in translations. I hated James, but I 
loved his language and the ability to write a paragraph long sentence. 
Emerson too. Then there was Melville and Crane who were my favorites.

I really took to Hemingway in my twenties. He still seems to stand up. 
Anyway...

CG