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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