One would have to question what's meant by "Lyric poetry" here.
At 09:45 AM 1/27/2001 -0700, Douglas Barbour wrote:
>It's hard to know how to answer Adorno. ED Blodgett puts it this way in
>his essay, "Dickinson's Dash": if Adorno does not "mean that we must return
>to silence," then the question must be asked: "does it mean something more
>difficult to bear?" (28).
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>Which is to say that if one does write poetry, as Adorno knew would happen,
>what does that act mean in the world at large. After all, Adorno, I
>believe, must have admired Celan...
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>and etc...
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>Douglas Barbour
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