The Feminization of American Culture: Ann Douglas: 9780374525583: Amazon.com: Books

[Paul Mackin]

On 9/30/2012 8:59 PM, Prashant Kumar wrote:
> To chime in, Faulkner's alcohol use was limited to periods when he 
> wasn't writing. Not sure about the other two. Can't remember the 
> source, probably some biography somewhere.

I thought he drank continuously.  Always had that bottle of Bourbon on 
his desk.  Had rare talent for being able to put words on the page when 
inebriated.  Could control his intake.  There were stories about his 
editor being unable to decipher his writing and Bill in turn unable to 
remember writing the passage.  Sounds like Pynchon in Jules' rendition 
of events.  No doubt accounts vary.  There's always a lot of myth around 
these things. His niece recently wrote a family memoir that might have 
her recollections.

P

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> P.
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> On 29 September 2012 02:18, Paul Mackin <mackin.paul at verizon.net 
> <mailto:mackin.paul at verizon.net>> wrote:
>
>     On 9/28/2012 6:45 AM, Heikki Raudaskoski wrote:
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>
>         May you live long, Mark!
>
>         As to me and the 1st half of the 20th century, I lost my heart in
>         Yoknapatawpha County.
>
>
>     Me too.
>
>     The big three of the 30s and 40s, Fitzgerald, Hemingway, and
>     Faulkner were all heavy alcohol users.  Was this mainly to fight
>     inner demons, or was it integral to their creative powers?  Their
>     writing was so different. What were the common elements? Where was
>     the "family resemblance"?  (Wittgenstein)
>
>
>     P
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>
>         Heikki
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>         On Fri, 28 Sep 2012, Markekohut wrote:
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>             I agree ......I might have  said that but Ann
>             seems,consistent to me w her two choices. In her judgme
>             nts, she gives a lot of weight to a
>             sustained stylistic breakthrough as part of their
>             greatness. In both cases, they sorta asserted a new but
>             subtle plain style against the prevailing
>             Overly refined style of the times. She sez.
>
>             I don't think Kerouac is best then either if it isn't
>             Pynchon and I'd vote for him.
>
>
>
>             Sent from my iPad
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>             On Sep 28, 2012, at 5:50 AM, jochen stremmel
>             <jstremmel at gmail.com <mailto:jstremmel at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>                 Hemingway himself said F. Scott F. was the greatest
>                 and I tend to agree.
>                 (and of course I hope you're not dying anytime soon.)
>
>                 2012/9/28 Markekohut <markekohut at yahoo.com
>                 <mailto:markekohut at yahoo.com>>:
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>                     Speaking of Kerouac, as some have been---winking
>                     at you, Alice---this woman,
>                     Ann Douglas, whose good book here I recommend, was
>                     supposed to have her
>                     sorta chronological sequel out
>                     By  2007 ( or earlier) has still not published it
>                     but in it she will
>                     supposedly argue that Jack K. Is the best American
>                     writer of the second half
>                     of the 20th Century as Ole Hem was of the first.
>
>                     It is a book I want to read so I hope she is
>                     writing it faster than I am
>                     dying.
>
>                     Sent from my iPad
>
>                     Begin forwarded message:
>
>                     From: Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com
>                     <mailto:mark.kohut at gmail.com>>
>                     Date: September 27, 2012, 6:31:44 PM EDT
>                     To: Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com
>                     <mailto:markekohut at yahoo.com>>
>                     Subject: The Feminization of American Culture: Ann
>                     Douglas: 9780374525583:
>                     Amazon.com: Books
>
>
>                     http://www.amazon.com/The-Feminization-American-Culture-Douglas/dp/0374525587/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1348785053&sr=8-1&keywords=ann+douglas
>
>
>                     Sent from my iPad
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>
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