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- Title
Ross Macdonald: Revolutionary Author and Critic; Or the Need for the Oath of Macdonald.
- Authors
Browne, Ray B.
- Abstract
The article discusses on the revolutionary author and critic Ross Macdonald. The shock of realization among literary scholars other than those who read pure fiction for enjoyment only is forcing a general re-evaluation of the purposes and accomplishments of so-called popular fiction. Literature of all levels has the unique capacity to increase one's understanding of a culture, though one is undoubtedly too restrained in asserting that literature on the popular level is most filled with meaning. Popular fiction is also subversive in undermining existing attitudes about canons and in forcing people to reconsider fiction's ultimate purpose. But literary criticism and literary recognition mature, as everyone knows, by rewriting credos and points of view. Ross Macdonald, who through the years both suffered from old biases and joined in the fight against them, serves as an excellent touchstone for an examination of the validity of some of the old attitudes and offers suggestions for what might be more useful approaches.
- Subjects
MACDONALD, Ross; INTELLECTUALS; LITERATURE; POPULAR culture; CRITICISM; SCHOLARS
- Publication
Journal of Popular Culture, 1990, Vol 24, Issue 3, p101
- ISSN
1540-5931
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.0022-3840.1990.2403_101.x