Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1998 13:46:42 -0600
From: George Trail <gtrail-AT-UH.EDU>
Subject: Re: PLC: Anyone get Gass?


>JF Parr writes:  "Criticism has no privilege over art, literature,
>music, etc., and I guess what I'm trying to say is that the relationship
>between
>art and criticism is more problematic than simply saying: 'Art is another
>form of
>criticism,' 'Criticism is another form of art,' etc."
>
>Certainly there's a difference between Twain writing about JF Cooper and
>Twain writing The Mysterious Stranger.  The material is different and the
>intellectual process is different.
>

>
>Criticism is a form of nonfiction, and if done well, is an art.  I didn't
>realize I was rehashing a "stale Romantic" notion of the artist:  I was
>simply reporting the difference I feel between writing fiction and writing
>an essay.
>
>Best to all,
>Eric

What is Joyce's _Ulysses_ if it is not an act of criticism, if it is not a
conscious critique of the history of Western literature?
g




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