A. Chandler (as I've said before), while not a professor, was
totally
academic.
B. He also certainly had a sense of "class consciousness"
(which doesn't
make him Marxist, though I don't dismiss out of hand all
Marxist-seeming
points of view). Please read "The Simple Art of Murder" to
see what I
mean. You can be a fan (i.e. like the stories for the
entertainment value)
and be analytical, even intellectual. They are not mutually
exclusive. So
perhaps it's possible to offer your opinions/interpretations
w/o
denigrating those of others. Don't like what you read? Hit
delete.
ps Adrian calls Craig's writing "misogynist." Is that an
inappropriately
"academic" assertion?
----------------------------------------------------------
Michael D. Sharp, Dept. of English, University of
Michigan
(msharp@umich.edu)
On Fri, 1 Aug 1997, Dan Sontup wrote:
> Sorry, Fred. I had not meant to offend by my "PhD"
remark. Guess I got
> carried away a little there trying to make my point.
Speaking as both a
> writer and reader of hard-boiled fiction, I must
admit that I never
> delved too deeply into any moralistic distinctions or
class
> consciousness, etc. But that's only my way (although,
as I said, I had
> not heard this sort of talk from other writers "way
back then"). I, too,
> want only friendly discussions here, and look forward
to many more of
> them.
>
> Best wishes to all -- Dan
>
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