Alison, I took him to be referring to thematic complexities and ambiguities, rather than to linguistic disruption and/or dense and fractured texts, as is the case with much avant-garde poetry.
If he is only referring to thematic elements then I agree with him.
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Jeffrey, this quote was also part of what I posted:
""In a society disciplined by moral imperatives of gross
simplicity, complexity itself, ambiguity itself, is a political
posture of profound strength," he says. "The play which makes demands
of its audience, both of an emotional and interpretive nature, becomes
a source of freedom, necessarily hard won."
The whole thing is an argument _against_ the easily processed artwork.
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