> Robin: Most of Poe has aged badly (prose as well as his insufferable
> poetry), but there are the odd pieces like "The Man of Crowds" that remain
> essential, and his one, very early, novel, A. Gordon Pym, is simply
> astonishing.
>
> Mark
Must remark how much I agree with Mark on A.Gordon Pym, it was only earlier
this year that I read it and I was very much taken by it. The early pages,
that Mark mentions, were published separately and written prior as an
abortive newspaper serialisation which partly explains the disjoint.
The other day I read two short novels by Joseph Roth (a writer I admire)
which were new to me. One, called in translation 'The Silent Prophet', was,
I felt, a failure, it just never really came together. It was unpublished in
Roth's lifetime and published from his papers as late (in German) as 1966
(Roth died in 1939). The other, 'Confessions of a Murderer', was, well,
BRILLIANT.
That's how it goes.
Best
Dave
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From: "Mark Weiss" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, November 13, 2005 3:06 PM
Subject: Re: Discuss.
> Robin: Most of Poe has aged badly (prose as well as his insufferable
> poetry), but there are the odd pieces like "The Man of Crowds" that remain
> essential, and his one, very early, novel, A. Gordon Pym, is simply
> astonishing.
>
> Mark
>
>
>
> >Wasn't Lovecraft conceived by EAP?
> >
> >Lovecraft is the final condemnation of Edgar Allan Poe
> >-- only the French could possibly take Poe seriously.
> >
> >Though to be honest, some of Lovecraft's later stuff
> >isn't too bad -- _The Case of Charles Dexter Ward_,
> >for instance, and "A Weird Shadow Over Innsmouth".
> >
> >Let's here it for Cthulu!!!
> >
> >Robin
> >
> >And no, I don't yet and will not for some time
> >formally exist on this list (much, I am sure, to
> >everyone's relief) but I couldn't resist chipping in
> >on this. But I'm lurking, so don't think I don't know
> >what's being said. Watch yo' moufs, people.
> >
> >R.
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