> And please note
> that I am NOT against this type of reading of
a
> text--it has validity, IMHO, when done well and in
the
> proper context (I will humbly point to my paper
on
> androgyny in Carroll John Daly, mentioned
recently
> here, as a poor attempt to meet these criteria).
But
> I object to things done badly.
I humbly want to underscore this point: good books are
interesting whatever their hardboiledness - bad books are not
(yes - there are exceptions). I think this was the conclusion
in a previous exchange of views on the same subject.
Frankie Lee
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