Talk:The City and the Pillar

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[edit] Update Rationale

I have significantly updated this article trying to provide more reliable citations and better organization. Specifically I have moved reactions, analysis, and The City and the Pillar Revised to their own sections. There is one fact that I found 100% wrong - at least according to my 1965 source - the assertion that "In 1965, Vidal changed the ending to what he had originally in mind, no longer having to bow to the wishes of his publisher, in The City and the Pillar Revised." Bowing to publishers is specifically denied by Vidal in the afterword to The City and the Pillar Revised. If perhaps this is not true and Vidal has made contrary statements in newer, verifiable, publications then this information can definitely be switched back.

I think the statements about Ben Hur need better citation and the themes, although I do not disagree with them, appear to be original research. I have tagged these accordingly.

Npd2983 (talk) 19:42, 22 May 2008 (UTC)