Books Sean Nelson on Mary McCarthy on J.D. Salinger
posted by July 18 at 14:32 PM
onThe brouhaha earlier in the week about A Streetcar Named Desire—here, here, here, here—which devolved into an accusation (here) that I was “hiding behind” Mary McCarthy (which is sorta true), reminded me of the time, back in 2003 or 2004, I photocopied McCarthy’s review of Franny and Zooey (reprinted in this book) for Sean Nelson, who is a Salinger fan and something of a Salinger expert. Nelson scribbled comments and counter-arguments all over the photocopy (like “No” and “Wrong” and “This is a means of indicting/indicating the protag., you stupid bitch”) and handed it back to me. It has been hanging on my office wall ever since.
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i withdraw "you stupid bitch." it was a private joke for CF.
Oh my, aren't you both just so STUNNINGLY smart and PRECIOUS and CLEVER!
@2 for the twin.
Are there more pages of this?
NERD FIGHT!
I'd say that McCarthy and Salinger are both overrated but no one has given a shit about McCarthy since she died and Salinger would have long ago faded into the literary twilight zone were it not for moony, acne and angst ridden, poetry writing teens...
@6 So, you're saying that Salinger would long ago have faded if it weren't for... humans?
It would be better if you'd explain specifically what McCarthy's take on Salinger was, and what Sean's take on McCarthy was.
@8: Are you serious? The photo itself includes McCarthy's position and Nelson's position.
y'know, when we've gotten to the point of reviewing reviews of reviews, it's time to step back, take a deep breath and remember we have much more important things to worry about.
Annotation vindication?
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