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

[Paul Mackin]

Another snippet picked up from the 90 percent unreliable internet:

Unlike many of the others, though, Faulkner liked to drink while he was 
writing. In 1937 his French translator, Maurice Edgar Coindreau, was 
trying to decipher one of Faulkner's idiosyncratically baroque 
sentences. He showed the passage to the writer, who puzzled over it for 
a moment and then broke out laughing. "I have absolutely no idea of what 
I meant," Faulkner told Coindreau. "You see, I usually write at night. I 
always keep my whiskey within reach; so many ideas that I can't remember 
in the morning pop into my head."

The source for the quotes is The Time of William Faulkner: a French View 
of Modern American Fiction.

P



On 10/1/2012 12:14 PM, Keith Davis wrote:
> 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 
> <mailto:mackin.paul at verizon.net>> wrote:
>
>     On 10/1/2012 9:18 AM, Prashant Kumar wrote:
>>     Apparently he binged. Who knows I guess.
>
>     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.
>
>     What are you gonna do?
>
>     P
>>
>>     http://www.mcsr.olemiss.edu/~egjbp/faulkner/wf-faq.html
>>     <http://www.mcsr.olemiss.edu/%7Eegjbp/faulkner/wf-faq.html#alcoholic>
>>
>>     On Monday, 1 October 2012, Paul Mackin wrote:
>>
>>         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
>>
>>         P
>>>
>>>         P.
>>>
>>>         On 29 September 2012 02:18, Paul Mackin
>>>         <mackin.paul at verizon.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>             On 9/28/2012 6:45 AM, Heikki Raudaskoski wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>                 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
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>                 Heikki
>>>
>>>                 On Fri, 28 Sep 2012, Markekohut wrote:
>>>
>>>                     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
>>>
>>>                     On Sep 28, 2012, at 5:50 AM, jochen stremmel
>>>                     <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>:
>>>
>>>                             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>
>>>                             Date: September 27, 2012, 6:31:44 PM EDT
>>>                             To: Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com>
>>>                             Subject: The Feminization of
>>>
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