Right,Auden became a Tory as only a former Communist could.
jd
On 1/22/07, Roger Day <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> As I understand it, Auden, after or during WW2, flipped his politics
> 180 degrees. That Auden, rather the 30s version that he disowned,
> might fit quite well with the New Forms.
>
> Roger
>
> On 1/21/07, Joseph Duemer <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > It's true the NFs take their meter from Auden, then water it down; but
> they
> > take their politics from the Agrarians. Gioia is a member of the Bush
> > administration -- Commissar of Arts.
> >
> > jd
> >
> > On 1/21/07, Peter Cudmore <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Used to be represented in the UK (or Scotland/USA), maybe
> > > > still are, by the magazine _Dark Horse_.
> > >
> > > Can't help feeling that Gerry [Cambridge, editor of DH] would prefer
> to be
> > > called an 'old' formalist if he had to be labelled at all. As I
> understand
> > > it, the mission is more restorative than innovative.
> > >
> > > P
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Joseph Duemer
> > Professor of Humanities
> > Clarkson University
> > [sharpsand.net]
> >
>
>
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Joseph Duemer
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Clarkson University
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