re. Re: [NP] Hollander

[Paul Mackin]

On Mon, 2004-07-26 at 12:33, lorentzen-nicklaus wrote:
> Tim Strzechowski >Dösbaddel at comcast.net> schrieb:
> 
> > Hollander is/was just sick and tired of 
> > persnicketty assholes who shut down a discussion rather than 
> > foster one.
> > 
> 
> Actually it's the other way round. From all the 
> close-minded intellectuals I've met in my life
> (and there are dozens!) Hollander is the guy who's
> topping them all ... When he sent to me his articles
> we started an offlist discussion which simply faded
> out after 3 months because he couldn't take ANY (I repeat
> this: ANY) critical argument.He even wanted to explain
> German post-war history to me with the help of conspiracy theories ... Thing is the guy has a daughter yet no son, 
> so he collects all these father-seeking youngsters (Yep,
> that's how he got me hooked, too) to have a little
> compensation. Some of his ideas are not bad. But he knows
> neither enough theory nor can he write, so none of his
> articles reaches the status of serious scholarship à la
> Eddins, McHale or Tanner. And that Dante piece ...  
> 
> Will the real Hollander-enthusiast please stand up?!

They do seem to be standing a fair amount of the time. I remember I once
told Charles what did he care if I didn't like his stuff, there were
plenty of p-listers who ate it up.

It might have been a father/son thing except I was the senile old Dad
who needed to be enlightened.  

Charles needs some peer relationships in his life. I'm suprised the
Pynchon Notes people don't urge more discipline on him.