Comments on: American Beauty http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/04/04/american-beauty/ Development site for Bronx Banter Blog's upcoming look and feel Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:58:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Matt Blankman http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/04/04/american-beauty/#comment-72477 Matt Blankman Tue, 05 Apr 2011 04:29:26 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=52116#comment-72477 Ulin shows his own snobbery though by trying to suggest Cain somehow rises above the stench of his genre. Only fools get hung up on genre. Of course Cain was great, but is he suggesting other "hard-boiled" greats were just great for their genre? I think the more interesting question would be: why are so many of the great 20th century American authors "genre" writers, particularly those of the "hard-boiled" school? Ulin shows his own snobbery though by trying to suggest Cain somehow rises above the stench of his genre. Only fools get hung up on genre. Of course Cain was great, but is he suggesting other “hard-boiled” greats were just great for their genre?

I think the more interesting question would be: why are so many of the great 20th century American authors “genre” writers, particularly those of the “hard-boiled” school?

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