Ach, I'm sorry, I misspelled Berryman!
That's interesting, the idea of astrology, that most 'unscientific"
of things! I remember one teacher saying that she wondered
about Oriental astrology because each class seemed to have
such a different character or quality to it, some noticeable
'something' that was different than the year before and the
year after.
And it's sadly funny, the idea of the posthumous
being harassed by psychology. Well, it should probably be
noted that the 'therapies' given to that particular generation
of poets were particularly bad, a number of Sexton's therapists
had affairs with her, Plath had electroshock, and many
of the commonalities of psychiatric practice then are no
longer used or held in much regard.
Well, and that passage of Kinsella's sounds like insomnia,
where the big preoccupation of sleep is sleep or not
sleeping, but, yes, I'm sure it would be diagnosed
in any number of manners.
And, let's not forget, along with immoral and mad,
being subversive and dangerous to the common good!
take care,
Rebecca
Rebecca Seiferle
www.thedrunkenboat.com
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From: Anny Ballardini
Sent: 08/23/03 02:31 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: psychology
>
> Yes, what you say about
_that particular generation of
Lowell, Plath, Sexton, Barryman_
is most interesting, and I was wondering that Astrology by comparing
charts
and focusing on this specific problem would find some practical
intuitions,
an entire generation, which even when dead is still harrassed by
psychology.
It highlights a littl
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