Interesting. I'm going to have to go back and re-evaluate. Thanks for the
interesting discussion.
John Herbert Cunningham
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This is quite funny John because the more you emphasize the didactic
in Robertson's work the more I see the trace - in other words the more
didactic it seems the less didactic it is etc. This is what
postmodernism does to good Poets who live it, so not 'folly', no, for
me Robertson's work has always been a weird example of total honesty.
My reading of her could be completely wrong, of course - her work
invites far more critical wrongs than rights - but for the moment I
think I'll stick with my trace idea.
Cheers
Tim A.
On 24 Apr 2010, at 20:35, John Herbert Cunningham wrote:
> I wouldn't think so, Tim. To me, to select a didactic form for
> poetry not
> intended to be didactic would be the height of poetic folly. And
> clearly
> 'The Weather' with its references from the British weather reports is
> didactic in its entirety.
> John Herbert Cunningham
>
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> But isn't it the ghost, or trace of the didactic - the didactic as
> hanging construct etc?
>
> Tim A.
>
> On 24 Apr 2010, at 15:02, John Herbert Cunningham wrote:
>
>> A great deal of Lisa Robertson's poetry is built up on the
>> shoulders of
>> Virgil, as she freely admits. 'XEclogue' is Virgil's Eclogue. 'The
>> Weather'
>> is Virgils' Georgic. Both of these are highly didactic forms and,
>> as used
>> by Robertson, remain so to a large extent.
>> John Herbert Cunningham
>>
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>> Behalf Of Tim Allen
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>> Subject: Re: didactic revival
>>
>> Could you expand on that John. I've gone through layers of Lisa
>> Robertson's and pretty sure I went through the didactic layer pretty
>> quickly.
>>
>> Tim A.
>>
>> On 23 Apr 2010, at 22:01, John Herbert Cunningham wrote:
>>
>>> Robertson's poetry is extremely
>>> didactic?
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