Ana:
I simply don't recognize your account of Latin
American poetry. Going back to at least the
modernismo of the late 19th century the major
poets have been in incessant dialogue with
European practice. How could it have been
otherwise, when so many have spent large parts of
their lives in Europe? You might want to look at Jason Weiss'
The Lights of Home: A Century of Latin American
Writers in Paris. And also Echavarren, Kozer and
Sefami's seminal anthology of the neobarroco,
Medusario. Muestra de poesia latinoamericana.
Best,
Mark
At 10:49 PM 12/31/2002, you wrote:
>i think perhaps it's a cultural question, a question of habit.
>latin americans are thaught not to be too cosmopolitan.
>i think joćo cabral was the only great brazilian poet who
>was fully aware of french and anglo-saxon modernism,
>and most people criticized this finest soul for being too
>interested in strange cultures.
>of course paz and borges were open and cosmopolitan.
>
>
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Randolph
>Healy" <[log in to unmask]>
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>Sent: Tuesday, August 04, 2009 8:14 AM
>Subject: Re: "incapacity"
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>
>>Hi Ana,
>>
>>when you talk of people's lack of intelligence
>>and incapacity to understand, do you include
>>yourself, or are you a different kind of entity?
>>
>>best
>>
>>Randolph
>>
>>2003/1/1 Ana Olinto <[log in to unmask]>
>>>people just TALK about cosmopolitism, but lack of intelligence
>>>means incapacity to UNDERSTAND - and not incapacity
>>>merely to be interested in - another way of thinking.
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