Mole, the Kinzie book as a bit of the stink of New Formalism to it, and its
prose can be leaden, but I think it's worth troubling with.
jd
On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 11:49 AM, sharon brogan <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 11:47 PM, TheOldMole <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> > Might this not be a field in which being a dilettante could be a good
> > thing? . . . I'd suggest that dilettantism, coupled with humility, is a
> > wonderful thing -- "I've just read a book that excited me and gave me new
> > insights," rather than "I've just read THE book and now I understand it
> > all."
>
>
> Thank you for this. I do, indeed, think poetry is a field in which being a
> dilettante could be a good thing.
>
> At the very least, a better thing than not approaching the field at all.
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