http://drexelpublishing.org/2009/02/19/re-reading-the-literature-of-my-youth/ providing literary publications that highlight outstanding writing ranging from student work to international submissions Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:41:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://drexelpublishing.org/2009/02/19/re-reading-the-literature-of-my-youth/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Albert DiBartolomeo Sat, 21 Feb 2009 01:01:19 +0000 http://drexelpublishing.org/?p=18#comment-8 No, I've got Faulkner in line. I read 13 of Faulkner's novels in one year (I was maybe 20), so I want to start with his first novel, Soldier's Pay, and read all of them all the way through to The Rievers. Cockamamie idea, I know. Actually, I tried this before, reading the books of my youth. I had more success with Catcher in the Rye, and a lot less success with The Great Gatsby. Well, I never really thought much of Fitzgerald, as I never really felt much about Cheever. I just wasn't that interested in suburbia or the upper classes. I couldn't get why they were so unhappy when they had lived such priveleged lives, why they drank so much, and couldn't seem to please their women and vice versa. But I'm getting away from the original thought about the books of my youth. I've got a lot of Bellow to deal with, and there's that colossus in Thomas Pynchon. Next week, I'll probably come to my senses and just read whatever's on Oprah's list. No, I’ve got Faulkner in line. I read 13 of Faulkner’s novels in one year (I was maybe 20), so I want to start with his first novel, Soldier’s Pay, and read all of them all the way through to The Rievers. Cockamamie idea, I know. Actually, I tried this before, reading the books of my youth. I had more success with Catcher in the Rye, and a lot less success with The Great Gatsby. Well, I never really thought much of Fitzgerald, as I never really felt much about Cheever. I just wasn’t that interested in suburbia or the upper classes. I couldn’t get why they were so unhappy when they had lived such priveleged lives, why they drank so much, and couldn’t seem to please their women and vice versa. But I’m getting away from the original thought about the books of my youth. I’ve got a lot of Bellow to deal with, and there’s that colossus in Thomas Pynchon. Next week, I’ll probably come to my senses and just read whatever’s on Oprah’s list.

]]> http://drexelpublishing.org/2009/02/19/re-reading-the-literature-of-my-youth/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Scott Stein Sat, 21 Feb 2009 00:48:20 +0000 http://drexelpublishing.org/?p=18#comment-7 Have you decided to continue with re-reading the books you read in your youth? I am curious if it's just a Hemingway thing or if you'll be surprised by how your perspective will have changed in the time since last reading works by other authors. Have you decided to continue with re-reading the books you read in your youth? I am curious if it’s just a Hemingway thing or if you’ll be surprised by how your perspective will have changed in the time since last reading works by other authors.

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