Just to agree with Robin, that Fenton and Cope have much to recommend them
as poets and there's no reason to suppose that they would enjoy the use made
of their names by the writer of the essay under discussion.
best
Randolph
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robin Hamilton" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2001 7:06 PM
Subject: Re: FW: Poetry in PROSPECT
> Doug:
>
> > I admit I did pick up a book by Fenton once, from a sale table, & even
at
> > that, after a glance at a few pages, put it back.
>
> Actually, I think at his best, Fenton's pretty good (as is Wendy cope in
> +her+ own way) -- but what a strange pair of picks!! Fenton's not even
that
> formalist, apart from all else ...
>
> > I will still recommend, as an antidote, one of Guy Davenport's essays (I
> > admit I place Davenport right up at the tope in the many genres he
> > practices with such grace & intelligence): 'Do You Have a Poem Book on
> E.E.
> > Cummings?' (from his masterful collection, _The Geography of the
> > Imagination_). A precursor, sure, but still dead on & deadly.
>
> Just dragged this off the shelves (where it's been gathering dust for a
bit)
> to have a look at the essay you recommend.
>
> Cheers
>
> Robin
>
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