Jacek
Could be. As long as it doesn't move to close to that which came out of the
servile side of Ben Jonson, the horror, the horror.
Which is now almost everywhere.
Chaucer was married to John O'Gaunt's , er, niece (was it?) just a few
hundred years I mean yards from here, at St Mary de Castro.
Chaucer is like John Ashbery.
In a way.
David
----- Original Message -----
From: Jacek Niecko
To: david.bircumshaw
Cc: brit poets
Sent: Monday, September 25, 2000 5:20 PM
Subject: Re: Being constructive
David:
How about a tiny little bit of space in your can(n)on for the Prologue to
The Canterbury Tales, first 18 ll. perhaps?
Best,
Jacek
"david.bircumshaw" wrote:
If I had to chose only one poem to survive from the whole corpus of
English
poetry I'd probably opt for 'Deor' although 'Wulf and Eadwacer' would be
a
close runner. Some Shakespeare, Hopkins, Hardy, Blake, up there, but
most of
the rest of the candidates would be anonymous Old or Middle English.
david economicus
----- Original Message -----
From: Jacek Niecko <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, September 25, 2000 4:54 PM
Subject: Being constructive
> To all:
>
> If it's true, as I claim, that what works is by its own virtue worthy,
> in order to capture the infinitesimal line that divides a truly great
> (albeit not likeable) from a slightly more likeable next-in-line
> neighbor, it is helpful, for example, to compare Jefferson's
handwriting
> with that of Madison.
>
> To localize the example for this audience, I wd bring up Pope and
> Bridges, the difference in likeability betwen the latter pair being
more
> pronounced than that between the members of the former.
>
> In the same vein, one can argue that Rossini was kind of transitory
> figure between Mozart and Wagner.
>
> Just wanted to show what too much education can do to you...
>
> Warm regards,
>
> Jacek Niecko
> Washington DC
>
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