--- jacquesdebierue <
jacquesdebierue@yahoo.com> wrote:
> --- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "m23to53"
<library.john@...> wrote:
>
> Patrick King wrote:
> I don't dismiss Hornung at all. I love Hornung.
But
> his books are our of print.
>
> Barry Perowne, an outstanding writer, seems to be
all but
> forgotten.Occasionally one of his stories will
appear in an
> anthology, but I bet his name has little
recognition.
> Marvellous writer. I was thinking of this oblivion
phenomenon
> the other day, while rereading a collection of short
stories >
(not crime stories) by the great A.E. Coppard, another
> English master living with the cobwebs except for
the
> occasional appearance in an anthology for
students... Tough
> luck.
>
Good points. I wonder how a dead writer's creative output is
kept out front for the modern reading public? Certainly the
writer's surviving spouse and/or family (i.e., literary
estate) might continue selling/publishing the work. And as
you mention, anthologies are a way. The Internet sites have
kept books around. Forums like Rare-birds can do the job.
Academia might adopt an author (not necessarily crime fiction
writer) into its
"canon". Movies based on a dead writer's novel might revive a
short interest (Charles Williams' DEAD CALM and HOT SPOT). I
agree, it's tough luck.
Ed
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