--- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, William Ahearn
<williamahearn@...> wrote:
>
>
> --- harry.lerner@... wrote:
>
> > In FRIGHT Woolrich seems to
> > write in a very
> > ornately formal way. His descriptions of
Press's
> > intended, Marjorie,
> > are almost poetic or at least the noir
equivalent of
> > poetic. This is a
> > marked contrast to the more traditional noir
economy
> > of word use.
>
> Woolrich didn't have a lot of exposure or
experience
> with women -- at least as far as I know -- and
his
> descriptions usually take on a mythic glow. Somehow
he
> makes it work.
A lot of experience with his mother, however. Todd
Mason
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