Much as I admire GMB, was there anything good in his poetry -- or as good as
what went before -- after _The Year of the Whale_, or in his novels, after
_Greenvoe_ (before the Saint Magnus obsession became full-blowen)?
Rodent
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From: "Roger Day" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 8:28 AM
Subject: Re: George Mackay Brown
>I think it was almost gone by the time GMB was writing. I don't mind
> the Catholic propaganda - at least it impels the poetry, gives it
> purpose, in the same way that Pound's project impels his. I can
> accept "cold star" as poetic licence - but "outsplendours" is
> definitely beyond the pale.
>
> Roger
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