Harold Bloom called Hemingway "a minor novelist with a major

If I were to guess I'd say that he meant Hemingway was not notable as a crafter of stories but he was notable for his style of minamlism which affected many writers in the 20th century into today. Camus, Tao Lin to name a couple

Because he developed a style that has influenced virtually every American writer, directly or indirectly, since TSAR came out.

But he has never produced a "great" novel.

IMO his short stories and TOMATS are his best works.

>>9554422
It means that the man was worth more than his works.

He's a big guy for Bloom

That's what he said about John Updike, OP.

>>9554680
What's Updike?

>>9554422
>Harold Bloom called Hemingway "a minor novelist with a major style"
He said that about Updike.

>>9554699
I dunno, what's an updike with you?

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DISCERNIBLE

>>9554735
and hemingway

>>9554438
Would hemmingway be proud of he read the works of tao lin?

>>9554735
What's updike?

>>9554422
To paraphrase one of his stories about losing a large amount of work:
>The novel manuscripts were replaceable, but the short stories were gone forever as soon as they were written down.
The man wrote scenes, not narratives.

>>9555240
Isn't that the guy from How I Met Your Mother?

>>9555263
Lol