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>updike
>cheever
>bellow
>roth
>mailer
>salinger

>> No.11373115

>>11373110
This but unironically

>> No.11373218

>>11373110
Granted I don't talk to literature academics, the only people who I have ever met that try to claim intellectual superiority based on novels read are people on this board.

>> No.11373227

Updike, Cherver, and Salinger were actual artists tho

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>>11373227
>chooses the worst three writers listed as artists

>> No.11373448

>>11373434
>mailer, roth, bellow are any good
Confirmed 60's boomer hedonist

>> No.11374753

>>11373434
Cheever writes the best short stories; Bellow's the most beautiful writer in general (of the bunch) but Roth wrote the best novels. Updike's severely underrated (and by far the best critic) which I take to be this thread's ultimate rationale. All the writers listed here are more than merely fine. The clear classic- agree or not- is Salinger (after all that).

>> No.11374766

>>11373448
Are you implying that Bellow endorses hedonism? He's all about nobility of spirit

>> No.11374790

bellow is the real deal....the rest are chumps