I think the 'answer' as far there is one is that there's a constant
unconscious dialogue between what we have read and what is new to us and
this is prior to the magisterial essay-moment of judgement. It's comparable
to how relationship networks form: a constant threading of like and dislike,
attraction and aversion, as well as the facts of necessity.
On 13 March 2010 02:54, Max Richards <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Mmmm... two of those names came to my mind as part of my schooling (1950s),
> and
> nowadays I am wondering what has become of their - Johnsonian? tradition -
> 'the
> common pursuit of true judgment ... in the discussion of poetry. Maybe one
> of
> the 24 questions to come will elicit some of the tips I need. The
> assertiveness
> that makes Johnsonians hard to take now will surely not return, but there
> are
> many ways of hinting at one's authoritativeness while also inviting
> disagreement.
>
>
> Max Richards
>
> Quoting Barry Alpert <[log in to unmask]>:
>
> > No!
> >
> > And I was emphatically schooled in the evaluative criticism of F.R.
> Leavis,
> > Yvor Winters,
> > & Clement Greenberg.
> >
> >
> > Barry Alpert
> >
> >
> > On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:08:31 -0500, Gerald Schwartz <
> [log in to unmask]>
> > wrote:
> >
> > >Taking a page from David Hilbert's well-known list of 23 "Paris
> Problems"
> > (1900), and,
> > likewise,
> > >hoping to see solutions in this new century, I've formulated a list of
> > questions, which of
> > course
> > >there is not the slightest connection between Hilbert's list of problems
> and
> > this line of
> > questioning.
> > >
> > >Not to mention the fact that many of my questions may contain the
> answers
> > simply in
> > the asking.
> > >
> > >Question # 1:
> > >
> > >Should any current poet be judged against only the very best works of
> the
> > past?
> > >
> > >G. E. Schwartz
> >
>
>
>
>
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