1. Re-reading Bellow in bulk, was taken aback by how little of it held up. Honestly wasn't expecting that. But maybe true of most novelists
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@HeerJeet I wonder if this is a product of the Pleiade influence, where e.g. all of Gide or Malraux gets in but only some of Michel LeirisThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet (plus the fact that the American canon is obviously a bit thinner before you get through the "literary writers" than the French)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet I always assumed Library of America's early mandate was "definitive complete editions of the canonical writers, warts and all" +> -
@HeerJeet Hence things like volume of Omoo and Typee, novels only a hard-core Melvillist would read. But! - Show replies
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