4.0383 Jim Sledd; Literature (was Texas Controversy) (2/31)
Elaine Brennan & Allen Renear (EDITORS@BROWNVM.BITNET)
Fri, 10 Aug 90 15:32:29 EDT
Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 4, No. 0383. Friday, 10 Aug 1990.
(1) Date: 10 Aug 90 08:53:00 EDT (21 lines)
From: Mary Dee Harris <mdharris@guvax.georgetown.edu>
Subject: Jim Sledd
(2) Date: Thu, 9 Aug 1990 21:13:07 EDT (10 lines)
From: Willard McCarty <MCCARTY@vm.epas.utoronto.ca>
Subject: literature
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Date: 10 Aug 90 08:53:00 EDT
From: Mary Dee Harris <mdharris@guvax.georgetown.edu>
Subject: Jim Sledd
In reply to Clarence Brown's reminiscences of Jim Sledd expressed in the
past tense, I feel obliged to point out that while the incident he
mentioned occurred a while back, Professor Sledd is still alive and
kicking. He retired from the English Department at UT Austin in 1985,
but retained an office until quite recently. During some office
shuffling, he was re-assigned to an office formerly occupied by graduate
students. He refused to take that office because he did not want to
deprive the students of the space. Very Sledd-ian!!
By the way, his glasses still slide off his nose.
Mary Dee Harris
mdharris@guvax.bitnet
mdharris@guvax.georgetown.edu
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Date: Thu, 9 Aug 1990 21:13:07 EDT
From: Willard McCarty <MCCARTY@vm.epas.utoronto.ca>
Subject: literature
I salute Bob Amsler for his intelligent statement in Humanist 4.380
that, "Prescribing the issue to be seen ahead of time seems a far less
effective approach to [overcoming prejudice] than providing powerful
generic writings in which multiple issues can be discerned." Lovely
poetry and prose have their uses.
Willard McCarty