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Oct. 6, 1952Dear Jack -Mother always said that if you go around asking for it, sooner or later you'll get it - I rather [querulously?] and rashly complained that Hemingway's language was over-simplified - then I read Steve Feldman in Gambit (the article on Chaplin's "Monsier Verdoux"), and no amount of earnest re-reading will ever make it clear to me, at least the opening paragraphs. Rather tantalizing, like having a can of anchovies and no opener. What makes it worse is that it's so pleasant to find someone, in these leaden and materialist times, who will take the trouble to go on at much length on a subject so recherche. The cause is a worthy one, and the indignation beautiful to behold - so I do wish that the beginning of the article didn't elude me.- And I don't, to my shame, know what a "periphrasis" is. The last paragraph delighted me. Probably it proves that he is a young man writing in a fine young rage, but it need not have been edited at white heat. This is sheer niggling, but I can't resist it - I quote: "Thus it is that, with baited (sic.) breath, we are waiting the advent of a new Chaplin on the American screen."- Better to keep a clear head, if we've got a fight on our hands, wouldn't you say?
Title
Blake, James, (letters from prison to Conroy and Algren), Jack Conroy incoming correspondence, n. d., 1946-1959
Creator
Conroy, Jack, 1898-1990
Date
n. d., 1946-1959
Place
United States
Language
English
Subjects
Authors, American
,
Bohemianism
,
New Left
,
Radicalism in literature
,
Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Illinois
Format
Correspondence
Archival Collection Title
Jack Conroy papers
Rights Status
Copyright Not Evaluated
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Call Number
Midwest MS Conroy Box 3 Folder 129
BibID
992006198805867
Size
4222px × 5380px 130.01 MB
IIIF Resource Type
Canvas
Filename
992006198805867_midwest_ms_conroy_box_00003_fl_00129_000063.tif
Unique Identifier
NL119YBW
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