Well, Richard then! Sorry about that. Even with people face-to-face I'm
lousy with names. Mea culpa, mea maxima culpa ...
Adrian
----- Original Message -----
From: "judy prince" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, October 07, 2005 9:54 AM
Subject: Re: snap
> Androo, who the hell is David?
>
> Yours trooly, Joodee
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andrew Burke" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 10:40 PM
> Subject: Re: snap
>
>
> > And, yes, David, I would dearly love to read that.
> >
> > Andrew
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Joanna Boulter" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Friday, October 07, 2005 6:58 AM
> > Subject: Re: snap
> >
> >
> >> Yes please, Richard, If and when you can lay your hands on it I'd find
a
> >> copy most interesting and instructive.
> >>
> >> joanna
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Richard Jeffrey Newman" <[log in to unmask]>
> >> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >> Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 10:33 PM
> >> Subject: Re: snap
> >>
> >>
> >> >>>I wonder if anyone has ever done some sort of study or
> >> > theory-construction around this, namely the extent to which the *I*
in
> >> > a
> >> > poem can be identified with the author<<
> >> >
> >> > I have always liked Sam Hammill's definition of the "I" in a poem,
> >> > which
> > I
> >> > am paraphrasing here, since I am not where I can lay my hands on the
> > book
> >> > in
> >> > which he did it: The "I" in a poem is the first person impersonal (or
> >> > something like that). In other words, it is a first person speaker,
but
> > it
> >> > is not autobiographical and, as such, is an invitation to someone
other
> >> > than
> >> > the author to enter the poem and experience it as his or her own.
> > Hammill
> >> > goes on to say a good deal about the author's responsibility to and
in
> >> > that
> >> > first person impersonal, but that I will not paraphrase. If someone
is
> >> > interested, though, I think I have somewhere, but not on this
computer,
> > a
> >> > pdf of the essay in which he talks about this and I'll be happy to
send
> >> > it.
> >> >
> >> > Richard
> >
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