[Bananafish] JD Events?

[Matthew.Raymond at Lyondell.com]

"Hemingway, Malcolm X, and Marilyn Monroe haven't done anything since
1965 either ... "
 
Figured someone would make this point ... I thought of it, too.  
 
But do you think that if Salinger had died in the late 1960s that he
would now command considerably more critical attention than he currently
does?  My guess is absolutely.  Especially if he died under the tragic
circumstances of all three examples mentioned above.  
 
Matthew 


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"...Could be, partly, because he hasn't
published anything since 1965..."

Hemingway, Malcolm X, and Marilyn Monroe haven't done anything since
1965 either, but there are seminars and festivals devoted to their
careers. lLIU-Brooklyn even hosted a Jackie Robinson Conference in 1999.
I doubt if how recent one has travalied is as much a factor in these
events as how relevant.

Maybe it's about locus. After all, Kerouac hasn't published in 40 years
either, but the city celebrating him is Lowell.

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	>
	>I agree with Jim that Salinger does not seem to have much
serious
	>academic interest right now. Could be, partly, because he
hasn't
	>published anything since 1965. I've bought-up most of the
criticism I
	>could find, with the newest stuff being around 20 years old
(Peter
	>Lang's work an exception).
	>
	>In my experience, the only references I hear to Salinger, now,
are
	>either pop-cultural in nature (bios, memoirs, and the like), or
a
	>passing reference to Catcher every so often. Nine Stories and
	>Franny/Zooey might as well not even exist, from a mainstream
	>perspective. Which is absurd, given the absolute craft behind
these
	>collections.
	>
	>Matthew
	>
	>
	>
	>
	>
	>
	>-----Original Message-----
	>From: bananafish-bounces at lists.bway.net
	>[mailto:bananafish-bounces at lists.bway.net] On Behalf Of James
Rovira
	>Sent: Monday, January 15, 2007 11:57 AM
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	>
	>May be helpful to look for Salinger panels in 20th cent.
American Lit
	>conferences. I did a quick google search on "Salinger
Conferences"
	>and didn't find anything but a reference to a paper delivered
by Will
	>Hochman in 1999 to a conference that wasn't even about
literature. I
	>don't think Salinger is a particularly hot academic item right
now.
	>Peter Lang came out with an anthology of essays celebrating
Catcher's
	>50th anniversary not long ago.
	>
	>Jim
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