tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2497228486330666591.post1596614398506826109..comments2023-05-13T20:02:56.883+05:30Comments on Words Beyond Borders: Rabbit Tetralogy - John Updike - A Life In WordsWordsBeyondBordershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17977837061092838646noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2497228486330666591.post-90251397831446125532014-06-24T06:22:19.899+05:302014-06-24T06:22:19.899+05:30In the early twentieth century, in his series of l...In the early twentieth century, in his series of lectures entitled Pragmatism, the philosopher and psychologist William James advanced the thesis that, broadly speaking, people can be separated into two general categories of personality – tough minded and tender minded. Here are these two classes as described by James in his own words:<br />http://postmoderndeconstructionmadhouse.blogspot.com/2013/11/bellow-deans-december.html#.UyN3Wj9dXxA Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12280800909689675518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2497228486330666591.post-37160370902688568792014-06-23T11:21:00.885+05:302014-06-23T11:21:00.885+05:30These are more or less the remarks I made at the A...These are more or less the remarks I made at the American Literature Association conference in Boston in May, 2013 with the exception of some improvisation I injected concerning Bosley Crowther, Manny Farber, and Sam Peckinpah and what I believe their works can contribute to understanding DeLillo. I also used graphic examples from the films of Tarnatino and Kubrick to illustrate how auteurs repeat images from film to film.<br />http://postmoderndeconstructionmadhouse.blogspot.com/2013/09/remarks-on-don-delillo-at-ala.html#.UyN3Gz9dXxA Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12280800909689675518noreply@blogger.com