Jeff,
But my point, which I hope came through in other posts, was that it
wasn't them who kicked open the door.
And I don't agree that certain innovations since have been marginal by
comparison, but I don't really think it is worth arguing about.
Cheers
Tim A.
On 25 Apr 2010, at 13:09, Jeffrey Side wrote:
> Tim, I agree it never ended there. My main point was that nothing
> since has been as acute in changing the way we write poetry. Any
> innovation that came later has always been regarded as marginal in
> comparison. It’s hard to re-invent the wheel, so to speak. Eliot,
> Joyce, Stein et al. kicked open a door, others are now walking
> through it. For me, it is the opening of the door that is of more
> significance.
>
>
> Original Message:
>
> I don't agree with Jeffrey either, which makes a nice change. I think,
> considering all the evidence, it is a huge claim to make. I love the
> Waste Land. I love Finnegans Wake, both were immense innovations
> within the context of high modernism, but it never ended there as Bob
> points out below. What those works did achieve though was iconic
> status, which is very understandable, but I think Jeffrey is confusing
> that iconic status with something else.
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