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To: presidio9
I don't think Ann is ugly, but she's really not my type. Not that any of this supports the case for Hemingway's literary gianthood.

No, but I was going to make a witty remark if you did.

Hemingway's literary gianthood I covered in a separate post to this thread. You, of course, are perfectly free to like or dislike Hemingway's work, but the fact that his declarative prose style and his method of telling stories all but defined American literature in the 20th century makes him, by default, a literary giant. The man more or less perfected the short story form, wrote four undisputed classics of American literature (The Sun Also Rises, For Whom the Bell Tolls, A Farewell to Arms, and The Old Man and the Sea), and won the Nobel Prize for literature. Heaven help that he didn't favor the same type of politics presidio9 does, but that certainly does not disqualify him from being a literary giant.

513 posted on 12/17/2004 8:16:41 AM PST by Hemingway's Ghost (Spirit of '75)
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To: Hemingway's Ghost
You, of course, are perfectly free to like or dislike Hemingway's work, but the fact that his declarative prose style and his method of telling stories all but defined American literature in the 20th century makes him, by default, a literary giant.

Geeze Louise, 42 words!

You, on the other hand, would be well advised to try to mimic Ernie's succinct writing style. Still you are entitled to your opinion.

. The man more or less perfected the short story form, wrote four undisputed classics of American literature (The Sun Also Rises, For Whom the Bell Tolls, A Farewell to Arms, and The Old Man and the Sea), and won the Nobel Prize for literature.

Ernie was 10 years old when O Henry died babe. If Jack Nicholson is such a great actor, why does he play the same character in every movie? And Nobel prizes don't carry a lot of weight around here. What else do you got?

518 posted on 12/17/2004 8:25:54 AM PST by presidio9 (Islam is as Islam does)
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