tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post1787774909167261579..comments2024-03-29T10:02:55.374+00:00Comments on Nigeness: The 'Literary Novel'Nigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-4584590236650660142017-12-18T08:40:16.267+00:002017-12-18T08:40:16.267+00:00Zia Haider Rahman's criticism of the film or t...Zia Haider Rahman's criticism of the film or televisual medium's inability to convey (as in the case of 'The Great Gatsby') the interiority of characters is rather like the just criticism of the 'science,'psychology's inability to address the very same thing in any meaningful scientific sense. So is losing interiority, thus, a dangerous thing?<br /><br />On Philip Roth's vestigial cult of novel readers mentioned by Rahman - this made me think of those who enjoy the poet Geoffrey Hill -surely only a small cult of "understanders" now?<br /><br />Finally, a poet quoted on Anecdotal Evidence recently, John Foy said this - "Genius is not democratic. It doesn’t care about you or your rights under the law. Vicious idea!" which might militate against the celebration of the 'democratisation' of talent by TV. Those who can write like this for TV even will always be an aristocracy in a sense.Guy Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02304053177188950094noreply@blogger.com