Prynne, who abandoned the lyric I long ago, shocks the
reader of _To Pollen_ with an instance of it . The
chapbook is also remarkable for the several uses of
"hurt" and "hurts." While still far from personal, _To
Pollen_ strikes me as unusually human.
What do others think?
Candice
--- Alison Croggon <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Thanks Joe! That's a good one. I really like Laura
> Riding, she's so spiky.
> Though I do find her introductions to her own work
> very hilarious...so much
> of that Nietzschean "Why I Am A Genius" stuff...
>
> xA
>
> On 6/5/07, Joseph Duemer <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > I wanted to drop this into the mix regarding the
> "lyric I," impersonality,
> > abstraction, etc. Here is a poem by Laura
> > Riding<http://www.unc.edu/%7Eottotwo/partner.html>
> > :
> >
> > *AS TO A FRONTISPIECE*
> >
> > If you will choose the portrait,
> > I will write the work accordingly.
> > A German countenance
> > I could dilate on lengthily,
> > Punctilio and passion blending
> > To that slow national degree.
> >
> > Or, if you wish more brevity
> > And have the face in mind –
> > A tidy creature, perhaps American –
> > I could provide a facile text,
> > The portrait being like enough
> > To stand for anyone.
> >
> > But if you can't make up your mind
> > What poetry should look like,
> > What name to call for,
> > I think I have the very thing
> > If you can read without a picture
> > And postpone the frontispiece till later.
> >
> > That is, as you may guess,
> > I have a work but, I regret,
> > No preliminary portrait.
> > Yet, if you can forgo one,
> > We may between us illustrate
> > This subsequent identity.
> >
> > --
> > Joseph Duemer
> > Professor of Humanities
> > Clarkson University
> > [sharpsand.net]
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Editor, Masthead: http://www.masthead.net.au
> Blog: http://theatrenotes.blogspot.com
> Home page: http://www.alisoncroggon.com
>
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