In college I was much impressed by an English professor who said he'd flunk Fitzgerald in his writing course but go immediately to the Nobel Committee to nominate him for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Now that was one of my best lessons in art. wc
----- Original Message ---- From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sun, June 10, 2012 4:25:08 PM Subject: Re: No Subject In a message dated 6/10/12 2:11:49 PM, [email protected] writes: > > Fitzgerald himself was not able to function most of the time. > > Fitzgerald would not have said he himself was a "first class intellect". His principle model was Irving Thalberg. He was in awe of Thalberg, and it seemed clear to me it was the kind of awe many of us tend to feel when confronted with someone who has an approvable gift to such a high degree we know, "I couldn't do that!" Meantime poor FSF had a very foggy idea in mind when he said "first class intellect".
