It's no secret to this blog's readers that I'm a fan of the work of William Styron. Which is why I was particularly interested to find Jess Row's essay, "Styron's Choice," revisiting a literary controversy from the late 1960s.
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Thanks for the pointer to the piece on Styron. I'm particularly interested in the idea of who has the right to tell what stories. In my opinion, any person who dares put pen to paper has a right to tell the story that is obviously obsessing them. And readers and/or critics then have the right to either 'like' or reject that particular story. And if the first story spurs on another writer to tell a different one, then 'Yay' to the spur, right? Go Styron!
Thanks for your comment, Lorri. I tend to agree with you. I share the view expressed by Henry James: "We must grant the artist his subject, his idea, what the French call his donnée; our criticism is applied only to what he makes of it."
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