on 6/26/03 1:07 AM, Peter Kirk wrote: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.
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.
"In Cold Blood" is not fiction.
greetings, clay
Clayton Stirling Bartholomew
Three Tree Point
P.O. Box 255 Seahurst WA 98062
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