Prejudices and Caricatures

[Joe Varo]

On Mon, 25 Nov 1996, davemarc wrote:

> [snip much of Andrew & davemarc argument about the inherent prejudices
> of language]

> Hey, the difference between perceptions of hack writers and "artistic" ones
> is one of the most familiar examples of prejudices at work.

So, in other words, if someone says that, say, Stephen King is a "hack"
and Pynchon is "artistic", this merely speaks to the prejudices hard-wired
into the language, and says nothing about the quality of the writing of
the respective authors?

If so, we may as well just give up and go back to grunting and pointing.

Joe