Comments on: A Very Quick Thought About James Wood http://whippersnapper.wordpress.com/2008/09/28/a-very-quick-thought-about-james-wood/ Wed, 23 Dec 2009 04:11:39 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Yates « Ned Resnikoff http://whippersnapper.wordpress.com/2008/09/28/a-very-quick-thought-about-james-wood/#comment-7540 Yates « Ned Resnikoff Mon, 08 Dec 2008 21:39:21 +0000 http://whippersnapper.wordpress.com/?p=1961#comment-7540 [...] 8, 2008 by Ned Resnikoff Matt’s right that James Wood is something of a stodgy traditionalist, which is why his work is so much more valuable if you take it to be about a certain [...] [...] 8, 2008 by Ned Resnikoff Matt’s right that James Wood is something of a stodgy traditionalist, which is why his work is so much more valuable if you take it to be about a certain [...]

]]> By: Ways to End the World › On the purpose of a book review, and what you can expect from novels. http://whippersnapper.wordpress.com/2008/09/28/a-very-quick-thought-about-james-wood/#comment-7447 Ways to End the World › On the purpose of a book review, and what you can expect from novels. Wed, 01 Oct 2008 07:39:08 +0000 http://whippersnapper.wordpress.com/?p=1961#comment-7447 [...] later, just the other day, Matt Zeitlin posted about how James Wood had written a review of Zadie Smith’s book White Teeth, which was news [...] [...] later, just the other day, Matt Zeitlin posted about how James Wood had written a review of Zadie Smith’s book White Teeth, which was news [...]

]]> By: Brief Thoughts On Fiction « Pax Americana: Culture, Politics, and Ineffectual Debate http://whippersnapper.wordpress.com/2008/09/28/a-very-quick-thought-about-james-wood/#comment-7442 Brief Thoughts On Fiction « Pax Americana: Culture, Politics, and Ineffectual Debate Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:18:08 +0000 http://whippersnapper.wordpress.com/?p=1961#comment-7442 [...] 30, 2008 · No Comments I don’t have a lot to say in response to Matt Zeitlin’s post on fiction and James Woods’ disdain for the “hysterical realism” of Rushdie, [...] [...] 30, 2008 · No Comments I don’t have a lot to say in response to Matt Zeitlin’s post on fiction and James Woods’ disdain for the “hysterical realism” of Rushdie, [...]

]]> By: Mark Kohut http://whippersnapper.wordpress.com/2008/09/28/a-very-quick-thought-about-james-wood/#comment-7437 Mark Kohut Mon, 29 Sep 2008 11:02:41 +0000 http://whippersnapper.wordpress.com/?p=1961#comment-7437 I think you are more right about Wood than not. But his argument comes from deep within the Leavisian lit tradition that sees "life and life only" as what the bet fistion is. I think he is refuted on Pynchon by 1) showing the world is "hysterical", therefore "realism" must be....and 2) that Pynchon has all the life--sentence by sentence--he can not see. I think you are more right about Wood than not. But his argument comes from deep within the Leavisian lit tradition that sees “life and life only” as what the bet fistion is.

I think he is refuted on Pynchon by 1) showing the world is “hysterical”, therefore “realism” must be….and 2) that Pynchon has all the life–sentence by sentence–he can not see.

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