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

[Prashant Kumar]

Apparently he binged. Who knows I guess.

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On Monday, 1 October 2012, Paul Mackin wrote:

>  On 9/30/2012 8:59 PM, Prashant Kumar wrote:
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> 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.
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> 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.
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>  P.
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>  On 29 September 2012 02:18, Paul Mackin <mackin.paul at verizon.net> wrote:
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> On 9/28/2012 6:45 AM, Heikki Raudaskoski wrote:
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> May you live long, Mark!
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> As to me and the 1st half of the 20th century, I lost my heart in
> Yoknapatawpha County.
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>
>  Me too.
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> 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)
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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.
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> Sent from my iPad
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> On Sep 28, 2012, at 5:50 AM, jochen stremmel <jstremmel at gmail.com> wrote:
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>  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.)
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> 2012/9/28 Markekohut <markekohut at yahoo.com>:
>
> 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.
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> It is a book I want to read so I hope she is writing it faster than I am
> dying.
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> Sent from my iPad
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> Begin forwarded message:
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> From: Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com>
> Date: September 27, 2012, 6:31:44 PM EDT
> To: Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com>
> Subject: The Feminization of
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