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[h. von bingen]

why do you dislike henry james so much?

 

[justlooking]

There's tedious and then there's tedious.

 

[paulie_walnuts]

There's tedious, and then there's tedious, and then there are discussions about whether Henry James is tedious.

 

[justlooking]

Do any of you remember that piece Garrison Kieler published in the New York Review of Books in the 70s called "James at Sixteen"?

 

[justme]

Didn't I hear some quote about the study of tedium being tedious, but the study of the history of tedium was...

(My tuition check is in the mail)

 

[justlooking]

I actually quoted that quote innumerable times in strip clubs when strippers thought that because I was reading Gershom Scholem I was a kabbalist.

Of course, once it became clear I thought Kabbala was stupid, none of them wanted to talk to me anymore.

 

[rajah]

Originally posted by h. von bingen
why do you dislike henry james so much?

If you don't know I can't tell you. (I mean that literally--not meant as a smartass response.)

 

[h. von bingen]

Originally posted by rajah
If you don't know I can't tell you. (I mean that literally--not meant as a smartass response.)

could you please try to explain? or could someone? his writing is no more dated than others, fanny burney (sp?) comes to mind.

 

[Slinky Bender]

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