Talk:Ruth Moore

Important Writer Mistake
Important 20th century writer? Not to degrade Moore's wonderful novels and stories, the author of this paragraph should consider the following questions: Why is Ruth Moore so obscure seven years into the 21st century? (After all, Eudora Welty is still going strong.) Why are Moore's works missing from high school and college reading lists? What aren't emerging young writers compared to Moore? Calling Moore important is an overstatement and should be corrected to "once popular."


 * "Important" was meant as a qualifier to "Maine writer" and not "writer." I think it justifiable to characterize her as an important figure in the Maine literary canon; though not the American canon. I agree that it would be more apt to describe her as "popular novelist" of the 1940's and 1950's or her time or the like.  Premarun 19:41, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

National Stage?
No real proof is offered that merits placing Ruth Moore on equal footing with the literary giants of the 20th century. By the logic of this paragraph, the very best selling authors according to the NY Times list of the 1940s, such as Betty McDonald ("The Egg and I") and Kathleen Winsor ("Forever Amber"), would also rank among such august company as Orwell, Maugham, and Warren.

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BetacommandBot (talk) 20:24, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Assessment comment
Substituted at 05:07, 30 April 2016 (UTC)