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Or perhaps the passage itself was more relevant than the source. I strongly disagree that Americans have a dearth of decent writings. Dozens of the greatest a
by Taywee 4y ago
Or perhaps the passage itself was more relevant than the source.
I strongly disagree that Americans have a dearth of decent writings. Dozens of the greatest authors of the past few centuries were American. I know it's fashionable to treat America as a punching bag for all sorts of perceived slights and shortcomings, but that's absolutely uncalled for here.
- UmbertoNoEco 4y agoYou of course can disagree, but my experience matches OP too. I understand every country likes to hype up its writers, but at least outside America this is more or less the assessment of its writers: - Great, incredible writers, worthy of every accolade: Poe, Melville, Faulkner and probably Whitman. - Good, solid writers, a tier below: Hemingway, Hawthorne, Steinbeck, Pynchon, Dos Passos, Gaddiss and many others...that sort of caliber, nobody will complain if one of them is included among the great writers but nobody will miss them either - Literary mediocrities, overhyped by a culture with a serious lack of good literature: Frazen, DFW, etc - All the pulpy and trashy authors.