Joe, & I was an undergrad at the University of Washington shortly after
Roethke died. It was apparently written into the contract of every new
professor in the English Department that they had to mention him at least
once a quarter. My point is, what's your point?
And I stand by my judgment: "Mr. Tambourine Man" is squishy & trippy, not in
a good way. And I say that as a devoted Dylan fan.
jd
On 5/7/07, Stephen Vincent <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > Il ne faut pas toujours conter,
> > Citer,
> > Dater,
> > Mais écouter.
> > Il faut éviter l'emploi
> > Du moi, du moi,
> > Voici pourquoi:
> >
> > Il est tyrannique,
> > Trop académique;
> > L'ennui, l'ennui
> > Marche avec lui.
> >
> > Marie-Françoise-Catherine de Beauveau, Marquise de Boufflets
>
>
> Dominic, are you also suggesting that this seemingly absolutist dismissal
> of
> "moi-ism" also applies to Berryman's "Henry"? I mean Henry this, Henry
> that,
> Henry once again. Like maybe, at least, occasionally Berryman might change
> the name to "Hank" to work out another real contrary side of "Henry."
> Yeah, I initially found myself intrigued with Songs but soon got exhausted
> with the tone, etc. of the Henry conceit.
>
> I don't know if I would drape B. Dylan with the same wrap/ he is much more
> cyclical with great stuff, bad stuff, good stuff - he might have crashed a
> motorcycle once but I don't think he will jump off a cliff in Malibu into
> the Pacific. I think Dylan will continue to work and believe some more big
> old man songs are going to bloom, or come cursing off his lips. At least
> I
> want to believe that!
>
> Stephen V
> http://stephenvincent.net/blog/
>
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Joseph Duemer
Professor of Humanities
Clarkson University
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