If you consider that 'brilliance,' you need to expand yr reading
horizons beyond what the HS/college cannon buries you under. Sure,
there were some good hits back then, but there has been MUCH better
played since.
Always have been fond of the Russian 'realists' myself.
Gogol shut them all down,
Justin
On Tue, 27 Jun 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> No one is above sophomoric adjectives like pretentious. Not even god. I still
> say that, if you want brilliance in literature, read some Renaissance to
> Romantic era British people that aren't Shakespeare.
>
> -matt
>
> In a message dated 6/27/00 12:46:48 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> << someone like james joyce is pretty much above sophmoric adjectives like
> 'pretentious.' he can and could do whatever the fuck he wanted...it was
> all brilliant. >>
>
