Talk:James Purdy

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Improvements[edit]

Daderot: You're right about breaking my one paragraph into more than one...an improvement. I moved them around a bit more just so it flows a bit better and related info is again grouped and linked. I deleted the line about Pulitzer and NBA because once you start listing what an author hasn't won, the list is almost infinite. I think the implication in the current list of awards is that if he'd won anything else, it would be listed. Good info on his middle name too...don't think I had that info anywhere. -- Callooh

This article is too long and essayistic in style and content. It needs a thorough edit to make it read like an encyclopedia article. 128.148.231.34 (talk) 18:51, 3 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Although it's great that one of the main contributors to this article appears to be an enthusiast about Purdy, given how little critical and commercial acceptance he's had, a lot of the statements in it (like how suited his work is to the current moment when readers have such short attention spans) seems very subjective and hard to back up. The section on Cabot Wright and Eugene Chisholm surely needs to start with a summary of Cabot Wright and its critical reception, and currently it doesn't feature anything about the earlier novel at all. Also, what is the publication date of Narrow Rooms? It's given as both 1977 and 1978 in different places of this article. Per$1$tenceofv1$1on (talk) 17:44, 4 December 2022 (UTC)Per$1$tenceofv1$1on[reply]

That Purdy's writing career began in childhood, with plays he wrote for his brother, should perhaps be stated near the start of the article, and once rather than several times. Per$1$tenceofv1$1on (talk) 21:39, 8 December 2022 (UTC)Per$1$tenceofv1$1on[reply]

Controversy?[edit]

Both Purdy and his work are called controversial in this article, but there is no mention of why he and his work are considered controversial. Could somebody more familiar with his work please add that information to this article? ObtuseAngle (talk) 16:11, 13 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sexuality and writing[edit]

The German article is in the categories homosexuality in literature and sadomasochistic literature. Something about those themes being in his work should be added to this article, along with the fact that Purdy was homosexual. Nietzsche 2 (talk) 00:21, 14 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

eliminate headings?[edit]

This edit seems like vandalism, please justify it.--Sum (talk) 12:29, 18 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Classicist[edit]

"Purdy was a classicist who could even read some ancient Greek", the article says.

I would think that a classicist should be able to read ancient Greek rather well, since a large part of the sources are in that language. But perhaps another meaning is meant? Can this paragraph be rewritten to remove ambiguity? Bever (talk) 04:18, 24 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I've had a go at fiddling with this. Per$1$tenceofv1$1on (talk) 17:57, 4 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Army service[edit]

Recommend adding rank and positions held, duty stations, and more specific dates of service if ascertained in reliable sources. Semper Fi! FieldMarine (talk) 14:08, 10 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]