Thanks for the comment. I don't know much about her, but her style seems pretty bold for anyone at any time. There was great chorus of Southern writers in early to mid 1900s, and she was a major voice in that. In one of her essays she said "I think that the writer is initially set going by literature more than by life. When there are many writers all employing the same idiom, all looking out on more or less the same social scene, the individual writer will have to be more than ever careful that he isn't doing badly what has already been done to completion. The presence alone of Faulkner in our midst makes a great difference in what the writer can and cannot permit himself to do. Nobody wants his mule and wagon stalled on the same track the Dixie Limited is roaring down."
Partial to Irish writers. Sean O'Casey comes to mind. I will read this again
when in a more receptive state of mind. Thank you, Robert.
Thanks, Robert. And have an healthy and productive 2024.
Thanks for the comment. I don't know much about her, but her style seems pretty bold for anyone at any time. There was great chorus of Southern writers in early to mid 1900s, and she was a major voice in that. In one of her essays she said "I think that the writer is initially set going by literature more than by life. When there are many writers all employing the same idiom, all looking out on more or less the same social scene, the individual writer will have to be more than ever careful that he isn't doing badly what has already been done to completion. The presence alone of Faulkner in our midst makes a great difference in what the writer can and cannot permit himself to do. Nobody wants his mule and wagon stalled on the same track the Dixie Limited is roaring down."