“So listen I got this neat idea hey, you listening? Hey? You listening . . .?” Thus ends J R. The … More
Category: William Gaddis
162. (William Gaddis)
No other writer has made me think about the short story and short fiction as William Gaddis has; that is … More
161. (William Gaddis)
Though The Recognitions may have overwhelmed more powerfully, submerging and clinging with an undercurrent, JR (so far; nearing a half-way … More
160. (William Gaddis)
Charles Dickens appears as a character in Gaddis’ The Recognitions, published in 1955, and it is hard not to believe that … More
159. (William Gaddis)
T.S. Eliot’s claim that Henry James had a mind so fine that no idea could violate it might be misunderstood … More
