Word: jonesism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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To Paris. As a young literary lion, Jones could not be expected to accept such a view. He proclaimed that his second novel, Some Came Running (1957), was not only longer than War and Peace but better. In fact, he said, it was "the greatest novel we've had...
The Thin Red Line (1962) impressed some reviewers. Jones, like Dreiser, often infused his fiction with a force that transcended the clumsy writing. Before long, however, even his primitive power seemed to have fizzled away. Such novels as Go to the Widow-Maker (1961) and The Merry Month of May...
Jones never seemed thrown or slowed down by the loss of critical approval. Indeed, he never indulged in the public pouts one expects of celebrated literary types. In Paris, apart from a couple of boorish flashes of temper, he lived an abundant life and made his strikingly craggy face familiar...
Died. James Jones, 55, prolific au thor, likely to be best remembered for From Here to Eternity; of heart disease; in Southampton, N.Y. (see BOOKS).
The committee received contributions from various student organizations, including the Harvard Democrats and the Harvard Hillel Society, as well as money raised through House collections, Michael Jones '79, a member of the committee, said yesterday.