Klik op een omslag om naar Google Boeken te gaan.
|
Bezig met laden... An Aesthetic Underground: A Literary Memoirdoor John Metcalf
   Geen Bezig met laden...
 Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek.  ajsomerset | Nov 4, 2009 |  geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
"John Metcalf has written some of the very best stories ever published in this country."--Alice Munro The Argus-eyed editor; the magisterial prose stylist; the waggish, inflammatory cultural critic; the mentor and iconoclast. John Metcalf is a literary legend whose memoir maps the underground he labored tirelessly to establish. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
Actuele discussiesGeenPopulaire omslagen
 Google Books — Bezig met laden...GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde: (4.33)
Ben jij dit?Word een LibraryThing Auteur. |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2
John Metcalf is unknown to the wide reading public, but he is arguably one of the most important figures in Canadian writing post-1960. In short, he has tirelessly promoted the short story in Canada through anthologies, launching series (such as Best Canadian Stories and Coming Attractions) which continue to this day, and he has helped to launch the careers of innumerable writers. If Canada is deemed to excel at the short story (as some say we do), then Metcalf deserves a large slice of the credit.
At the same time, he's made himself unpopular by adopting controversial positions, and then arguing them in terms that are at times more colourful than accurate. He'll adopt positions so extreme at times that he can't help contradicting himself: having asserted that Canadian literature sucks absolutely, he'll then praise the work of dozens of writers. Metcalf loves rhetoric; some people, I think, fail to see this.
An Aesthetic Underground is a must-read; you don't have to agree with Metcalf, but he'll make you think seriously about important questions.