Unluckily I can understand what Jon Corelis means here and I know, from what
I read (re. the Australian government) by you on these lists, Alison, that
you can also. I might interpret your comment as the momentary emotional wish
of not wanting to understand.
Care, anny
From: "Alison Croggon" <[log in to unmask]>
> At 4:56 AM +0100 18/8/03, Jon Corelis wrote:
> >For me, Berryman is a key figure in contemporary American poetry because
his
> >work embodies the tragedy of a poet who realizes that his gift is being
> >destroyed by the academy and that he has no where else to go.
>
> I find this a very odd statement. How could "the academy" destroy
> his gift? It makes no sense to me.
>
> Best
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