Congrats Jim,
Please let us know how we can take the course. Sounds
interesting.
Alan
> David,
>
> Re your comment below:
>
> "Incidentally, I've always thought that Chandler
(no
> offense to your doctoral thesis--I'm sure
it's
> stellar) was always kind of a poor example of
the
> potential literariness of the genre. I used to
adore
> Chandler myself, until I made the mistake of taking
a
> graduate seminar exclusively about him. When I
really
> looked at him that closely, I discovered, much to
my
> teacher's dismay, how much I truly loathed him,
how
> tedious he now seemed to me (it'd been almost a
decade
> since I'd read anything of his)."
>
> Though it apparently killed your love of
Chandler,
> your reference to a University course
devoted
> exclusively to him affords me an opportunity
to
> announce that I've been hired to teach an
on-line
> course on Chandler that will become available in
March
> (or maybe April).
>
> The course, entitled RAYMOND CHANDLER - MASTER
OF
> AMERICAN NOIR, will be taught at Barnes &
Nobel's
> "University" site and will use the first volume of
the
> Library of America's collection of Chandler
works,
> STORIES & EARLY NOVELS, as its text. We'll read
seven
> short stories, and the first three novels
(not,
> unfortunately your favorite, TLITL, which is in
the
> second volume).
>
> I had to write a series of 8 lectures, amounting
to
> 40,000 to 50,000 words, which if bound, would be
a
> book. A small book, but a book. So, in a way, I
have
> two books coming out at the same time.
Huzzah!
>
> The course'll probably be a bit elementary for most
of
> you Rare Birds, but some of you might enjoy it.
If
> the course is successful, it'll be offered every
other
> month. Maybe I'll see a few of you there.
>
> Of course, the down side of this for some of you
is
> that, since I'm now a paid professional EXPERT on
what
> is and isn't noir, I'll be more insufferable
than
> ever.
>
> By the way, I should mention that I have another
Rare
> Bird to thank for this opportunity. I'm not sure
he'd
> want his name mentioned (that whole
"insufferable"
> thing), but he knows who he is, and, I hope he
knows
> how grateful I am. He was B&N's first choice to
put
> the course together and teach it. He was too
busy
> with other projects to take the job on, so
he
> recommended me. If I get his permission, I'll
thank
> him less mysteriously.
>
> JIM DOHERTY
>
>
>
>
>
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