tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37870345.post6391486693112748553..comments2023-03-13T00:53:25.860-07:00Comments on Writer's Wavelength: From Banal to Sublime: Tolstoy's One-two PunchSamAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11957168329971743563noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37870345.post-58390482731518785352013-04-15T21:01:01.939-07:002013-04-15T21:01:01.939-07:00You make a great point. I tend to start from the ...You make a great point. I tend to start from the assumption that it's on purpose and works, but sometimes I wonder if I'm giving the writer too much credit just because it's a classic.Cynthia J. McGeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00117497921942534828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37870345.post-80689824300843438672013-04-15T20:58:35.780-07:002013-04-15T20:58:35.780-07:00I think you're right, and it makes me sad. On...I think you're right, and it makes me sad. On the other hand, every once in a while I read a modern novel that still takes the time for things like this - mood creation and set up and so forth with patience. I won't completely give up hope yet, but I do often wonder if some of the great classics would make it past the gatekeepers these days.Cynthia J. McGeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00117497921942534828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37870345.post-86471076222300304732013-04-15T10:42:00.527-07:002013-04-15T10:42:00.527-07:00I have had authors surprise me at times, made me t...I have had authors surprise me at times, made me think they'd done something on purpose for the sake of art. Is it by design or accident though, I wonder?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15901684621715980573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37870345.post-85240708987071427952013-04-15T09:50:53.277-07:002013-04-15T09:50:53.277-07:00I'm not convinced an editor/publisher would le...I'm not convinced an editor/publisher would let such writing stand today. Seems as if everything has to be the interesting bits, no room for one-two punches of dry vs pow. I could be wrong.Sandra de Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12511871017361931054noreply@blogger.com