[Publius Valerius]

I dunno. It's about what works for the author. Hemmingway's style certainly isn't classical in any manner--indeed, it's simple to the point of being juvenile, but it works. He's a titan. Vonnegut also comes to mind.

Hard to say, this "art" stuff.

[Antoninus]

I dunno. It's about what works for the author. Hemmingway's style certainly isn't classical in any manner--indeed, it's simple to the point of being juvenile, but it works. He's a titan. Vonnegut also comes to mind.

For what it's worth, I despise both Hemmingway and Vonnegut. I found their writing dry, lackluster, and generally unmemorable except for a few purely titillating lines here and there. JMHO, of course. I remember asking myself in high school when forced to read those two, "is this really the best that America has to offer??"