Faulkner then had to write a letter of apology and explain that he never questioned Hemingway’s physical courage, but only his courage as a writer who never went “out on a limb” or risked “bad taste, over-writing, dullness, etc.” Hemingway’s hurt seemed to have been assuaged, the criticism applying only to his life’s work.īut what did Faulkner mean? Certainly more than a matter of not using words from the dictionary. Talking to a class at the University of Mississippi one day late in his life, William Faulkner remarked that his cogenerationist Ernest Hemingway lacked courage as a writer, that he had always been too careful, never taking risks beyond what he knew he could do, never using “a word where the reader might check his usage by a dictionary.” The remark, quoted in a university press release, was picked up by the wire services and eventually made its way to Hemingway, who was outraged that Faulkner had questioned his courage.
If, after finishing " The Lincoln Highway," you want to immerse yourself in another American journey narrative, here are a few suggestions.William Faulkner, Oxford, Mississippi, 1947 It also has had a very central place in the history of American storytelling. Some of the men in the book are figures from history and some from fancy, but whether real or imagined, almost every one of them is on his way to someplace different from where he started.” - Sally in "The Lincoln Highway," by Amor Towles (page 481).Īs Sally points out, since the earliest days, getting-up-and-going has been topic number one in the record of human endeavors. Napoleon heading off on his conquests, or King Arthur in search of the Holy Grail.
It’s got twenty-six stories in it that have come down through the ages and almost every one of them is about some man going somewhere.
Take that big red book that Billy is always lugging around. “Any child of ten can tell you that getting-up-and-going is topic number one in the record of man’s endeavors.
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