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

[Keith Davis]

Maybe it was only before and after writing? As a friend of mine used to
say, "Being wasted is a terrible thing to mind."

On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 12:05 PM, Paul Mackin <mackin.paul at verizon.net>wrote:

>  On 10/1/2012 9:18 AM, Prashant Kumar wrote:
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> Apparently he binged. Who knows I guess.
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> I notice on the Wikipedia writeup it says he seldom drank while writing.
> However the source is a FAQ sheet on a Faulkner website that itself gives
> no source.
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> What are you gonna do?
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>  http://www.mcsr.olemiss.edu/~egjbp/faulkner/wf-faq.html<http://www.mcsr.olemiss.edu/%7Eegjbp/faulkner/wf-faq.html#alcoholic>
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> On Monday, 1 October 2012, Paul Mackin wrote:
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>>  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.)
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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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>>
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