Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Peter Kirk <peter.r.kirk AT ntlworld.com>]

c stirling bartholomew wrote:

> on 6/26/03 1:07 AM, Peter Kirk wrote:
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> > But then one technique which modern novelists use is to deliberately
> > present their material in genres of reporting the truth, so as to build
> > for their readers a more convincing fictional world. Perhaps that is
> > Capote's technique.
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> "In Cold Blood" is not fiction.
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> greetings, clay
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> Clayton Stirling Bartholomew
> Three Tree Point
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Sorry, I thought that was the point of your argument, fiction 
masquerading as truth and vice versa. If not, what was your point about 
"In Cold Blood"? Is it in fact that this is truth presented in the genre 
of fiction, as suggested in the Amazon review I  have just looked at? 
There is no surprise if it is a true crime story presented in a true 
crime genre, even if Capote is judged somewhat above the level of pulp. 
Anyway, most pulp is second or lower rate imitation of good literature 
as pulp readers don't want true originality, so the distinction between 
literature and pulp is not one of genre.

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