In response to Chris's remarks below, I list some of the novelists with pieces in "Afterwords: Novelists on Their Novels". (Realize, I selected them four decades ago, and I wanted to represent a variety of genres.)
Louis Auchincloss -- "The Rector of Justin" Anthony Burgess -- "Nothing Like the Sun" Robert Crichton -- "The Secret of Santa Vittoria" Mary Renault -- "The King Must Die" Reynolds Price -- "A Generous Man" Truman Capote -- "Other Voices, Other Rooms" Ross Macdonald -- "The Galton Case" John Fowles -- "The French Lieutenant's Woman" Norman Mailer -- "The Deer Park" Other authors: Wright Morris, Vance Bourjaily, William Gass, George P. Elliott, Mark Harris. > Almost as stubborn as the universal bemuddlement concerning the meaning of > words - is the notion that techniques can be considered independently of the > purposes to which they are to be applied. > > Why should anyone be concerned with the writer who says his technique is a > "prolonged lunatic binge" or consists of "character-notes > and structure charts" -- unless we really care about what he wrote? > > And yet -- this bemuddlement continues full-force and unabated -- I suppose > because the reasons for caring are far more difficult to discuss -- > especially > for the artists themselves -- who would much rather just take it for granted > that their work is important enough to deserve further study of their > techniques. > > ************** Play online games for FREE at Games.com! All of your favorites, no registration required and great graphics b check it out! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1211202682x1200689022/aol?redir= http://www.games.com?ncid=emlcntusgame00000001)
