You'll remember the best parts, anyway, Max.I know the feeling. But some did take note of the enthusiasm, & even got a bit themselves. Maybe that's all we could have hoped for…
Doug
On 2012-11-08, at 12:08 PM, Max Richards <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Clearing Out Paper
>
> Into the waste-paper bin
> with the old lecture scripts! -
> some dating back to the 'sixties.
>
> Their writing soaked up a lot of work -
> revising for later years less so -
> and idle now almost a decade.
>
> Why did I keep them so long?
> Only a few were much good,
> but - walking the dog sometimes,
>
> I'd feel I was back in the classroom,
> hoping my keenness spoke
> at least to the best students,
>
> while doubting the rest, so far behind
> always in their reading.
> Did they keep their notes?
>
> I did. I find here also, headed:
> Dr Sheppard: Henry James:
> 'The rather suspect F.R.Leavis…'
>
> That was 1962!
> Out with those notes too!
> Keenness I do claim, without
>
> much certainty that is what was
> perceived. 'Oh, that Max,
> rabbiting on, so earnest,
>
> always unfinished when the hour is up.
> What does he see in Huck Finn?'
> Bin the lot! keep just the paper clips.
>
> 8 November 2012
Douglas Barbour
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Recent publications: (With Sheila E Murphy) Continuations & Continuation 2 (UofAPress).
Recording Dates (Rubicon Press).
Something else is out there
godamnit
And I want to hear it
C.D.Wright
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