http://www.heymiller.com/2010/07/point-break/ Welcome to the Official Website of John J. Miller Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:37:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://www.heymiller.com/2010/07/point-break/#comment-4478 martha mcdonough Fri, 20 Aug 2010 17:18:53 +0000 http://www.heymiller.com/?p=2181#comment-4478 Thanks for the terrific suggestion! It's certainly the best non-fiction of my summer reading! (Best fiction by far is Karl Marlantes, Matterhorn). Thanks for the terrific suggestion! It’s certainly the best non-fiction of my summer reading! (Best fiction by far is Karl Marlantes, Matterhorn).

]]> http://www.heymiller.com/2010/07/point-break/#comment-4335 Kenneth Mon, 09 Aug 2010 18:49:54 +0000 http://www.heymiller.com/?p=2181#comment-4335 I read Dos Passos in my early 20's, after reading a paen to him by William F. Buckley. His USA Trilogy is masterful - an admixture of fiction, history and the politics of his era. At his peak, he was considered the greatest novelist of his day, but his turn away from radical Leftist politics to conservatism led to him being expunged by the literary Left. I read Dos Passos in my early 20′s, after reading a paen to him by William F. Buckley. His USA Trilogy is masterful – an admixture of fiction, history and the politics of his era. At his peak, he was considered the greatest novelist of his day, but his turn away from radical Leftist politics to conservatism led to him being expunged by the literary Left.

]]> http://www.heymiller.com/2010/07/point-break/#comment-4334 Lee Arten Mon, 09 Aug 2010 16:57:25 +0000 http://www.heymiller.com/?p=2181#comment-4334 Jim: I read Dos Passos a long time ago. Didn't connect with his writing as well as with Hemingway's (or Kerouac's for that matter.) Can't really figure out why. I have re-read Hemingway's short stories, with pleasure, many times but would not re-read Dos Passos unless I was paid to do so. Sincerely, Lee Arten Jim:
I read Dos Passos a long time ago.
Didn’t connect with his writing as well as with Hemingway’s (or Kerouac’s for that matter.)
Can’t really figure out why.
I have re-read Hemingway’s short stories, with pleasure, many times but would not re-read Dos Passos unless I was paid to do so.
Sincerely,
Lee Arten

]]> http://www.heymiller.com/2010/07/point-break/#comment-4333 Jim Mon, 09 Aug 2010 14:26:40 +0000 http://www.heymiller.com/?p=2181#comment-4333 Dos Passos USA Trilogy is remarkable and it really captured my imagination in high school. Reading it as an adult, post- English & Law degrees, it struck me that he may have invented or even perfected a pastiche form of novel, interspersing song, poetry and current events in a novel that hops around between characters, settings and timeframes. Some of the Beats (like Kerouac) used similar techniques but not as well, and of course Tom Wolfe uses the technique masterfully. I've long viewed Dos Passos as the master artist of that generation and have wondered why Hemingway and lesser lights are so well remembered. Politics? Dos Passos USA Trilogy is remarkable and it really captured my imagination in high school. Reading it as an adult, post- English & Law degrees, it struck me that he may have invented or even perfected a pastiche form of novel, interspersing song, poetry and current events in a novel that hops around between characters, settings and timeframes. Some of the Beats (like Kerouac) used similar techniques but not as well, and of course Tom Wolfe uses the technique masterfully. I’ve long viewed Dos Passos as the master artist of that generation and have wondered why Hemingway and lesser lights are so well remembered. Politics?

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