Douglas,
I've just read Hill's Comus for the first time, and of course, I'll need to
read it many times over to understand it in the way I want to understand it
(its dense allusions, its entangled voices, its Welsh, etc.), but there are
also passages of astounding lyrical beauty and translucent wit. I hardly
think that Hill's poetry ever only yields a moments' thrill. Would you care
to clarify?
Best,
Eileen
On 3/3/05 4:32 PM, "Douglas Clark" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> My interests are so divergent from this group that I will have to get around
> to leaving when I can get around to it. But I thought I should report that
> Geoffrey's Comus has arrived in Bath and I examined it this afternoon. The
> language is magnificent but I didnt buy it cos if I read it what would I get
> out of it other than a moment's thrill. Instead I am about to order on
> Amazon Christopher Logue's Hard Cuts which my simple mind may be able to
> cope with.
>
> Douglas Clark, Bath, Somerset, England ....
> http://www.dgdclynx.plus.com
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