VLVL(6) "conditionally become Frenesi" 199.16

[Peter Petto]

At 01:55 PM 12/11/98 -0800, Doug Millison wrote:

>>Does an art aficionado expect to see the artist when looking at the art?
>
>Some critics look to the art for clues about the artist, similar to the way
>that Prairie thinks she is able to learn something about Frenesi by
>watching the films that Frenesi made.

Thanks. I was thinking more about the preterite. For me it varies from
author to author. I love reading Sherlock Holmes, and can't say I've ever
given Conan Doyle more than a glancing thought. I've thought a lot about
Thomas Pynchon. And then there are authors like John Irving who prompt me
to think about them in some books (Garp) but not in others (Owen Meaney).