A Reader's Hunch about critics

Dave Monroe monropolitan at yahoo.com
Sun May 27 15:08:10 CDT 2007


--- Keith <keithsz at mac.com> wrote:

> I have a hunch that critics have to read too many
> novels too quickly, so they're bothered by large
> tomes. They oversimplify difficult texts because
> they don't have time for depth and complexity, and
> are not capable of writing novels of their own.
> They need to sound smart, so they hominemize,
> homogenize, and over-generalize any readership with 

> the intelligence and time to enjoy difficult texts.

I have a hunch one has to distinguish academic critics
from their journalistic counterparts here ...



 
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