The question is not whether the generalization is accurate but whether it is art.
On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 3:34 PM, Michael Smith <m...@smithbowen.net> wrote: > > > On 3/16/16 5:28 PM, Louis Proyect wrote: > > confirm the observation made in the first > > sentence of Tolstoy’s “Anna Karenina”: “Happy families are all alike; > > every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” > > A characteristically glib and inaccurate observation on Tolstoy's part. > > Novelists are much given to this kind of generalization, but they're not > really equipped for it. This particular bon mot would be slightly more > accurate, in fact, if the terms were reversed. > > Admittedly, not bad as Scott Fitzgerald's ruminations, but that's > setting the bar pretty low. > > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > pen-l@lists.csuchico.edu > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > -- Cheers, Tom Walker (Sandwichman)
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