tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470094.post110659613400285700..comments2024-03-18T16:55:31.971+00:00Comments on This Space: The photocopier speaks outStephen Mitchelmorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01658772259307446873noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470094.post-1106927560185633722005-01-28T15:52:00.000+00:002005-01-28T15:52:00.000+00:00Kit, is it that tough a call to criticize Hemingwa...Kit, is it that tough a call to criticize Hemingway (or his most cynical novel) these days?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470094.post-1106676413047283452005-01-25T18:06:00.000+00:002005-01-25T18:06:00.000+00:00Dickens is "mediocre?" Holy cow. What arrogance. ...Dickens is "mediocre?" Holy cow. What arrogance. Dickens can be melodramatic, yes, as Shaw (I think it was) pointed out in the case of Little Nell; and yes, a hundred and fifty years later, not all his plots still click (such as "A Tale of Two Cities")...but who cares? He's as memorable and as moving and as loved any English novelist in history. If that's "mediocre," then let's have lots more mediocrity, I say. <br /><br />Further, the post dings Yardley for speaking highly of popular novels, but doesn't mention that Yardley has the nerve to take on plenty of literary lions -- for instance, he detests "The Old Man and the Sea," which is considered a classic in high schools across the country. A weasel critic wouldn't take that route. <br /><br />Kit Stolz<br />Upper OjaiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com