I was just pointing out that it's not neccessary to know about the
Globe or Shakespeare in order to write poetry in the English language.
Of course, I cant ignore S completely; I was indoctrinated at an early
age. But I can forget.
We'll have to disagree about the continuing rich well.
Roger
On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 11:24 PM, Alison Croggon <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Well, of course you could ignore Shakespeare, though I can't imagine
> why you would want to if you're writing in the English language. So
> many of our language's possibilities were signalled by him, and he's
> still a very rich well.
>
> And why leave out science? Of course you could write such a narrative
> (I've read many of them) but you won't understand much about
> contemporary society if you don't have some grasp of its intellectual
> evolution. And why be so incurious?
>
> Puzzled of Williamstown
>
>
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