Comments on: Art and Artists in the Art of Joyce Carol Oates http://mensnewsdaily.com/2008/04/12/art-and-artists-in-the-art-of-joyce-carol-oates/ Men's Rights Activism, MRA Politics, Analysis, Commentary and Global News Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:48:47 -1000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: panic http://mensnewsdaily.com/2008/04/12/art-and-artists-in-the-art-of-joyce-carol-oates/comment-page-1/#comment-61390 panic Sat, 12 Apr 2008 12:51:16 +0000 http://mensnewsdaily.com/?p=79433#comment-61390 Ms. Oates, and her critics, fail to appreciate the yawning gulf between those who have profound understanding of the human condition, and those the public has favored. It is is rare and wonderful thing to converse with a woman who has even the slightest understanding of how the world actually works (as opposed to how her narrow view prefers it to work). Ms. Oates is not one of these. Selling paper in bulk does not a philosopher make. If competence be ranked by sales volume, all are inferior to Dickens, and by reasonable inference his modern equivalent such as "Days of Our Lives". Ms. Oates, and her critics, fail to appreciate the yawning gulf between those who have profound understanding of the human condition, and those the public has favored.

It is is rare and wonderful thing to converse with a woman who has even the slightest understanding of how the world actually works (as opposed to how her narrow view prefers it to work).

Ms. Oates is not one of these.

Selling paper in bulk does not a philosopher make. If competence be ranked by sales volume, all are inferior to Dickens, and by reasonable inference his modern equivalent such as “Days of Our Lives”.

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