I know the name more than the writing, I have to admit.
Lawrence, to what was your skepticism directed? I am not sure what the reviewer means by ‘high modernism,’ & have to always remember that ‘modernism’ in England apparently meant to most all the writers who ignored what Pound had taught (& so excluded Bunting, to me the true modernist there).
I can imagine enjoying Sisson’s wit in his criticism; even admiring some of his poetry (but without seeing in it the formal strategies closest to my writing heart).
Doug
On Nov 20, 2014, at 3:12 AM, Lawrence Upton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I have, had
> but treated him with great scepticism
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> On 19 November 2014 21:49, Max Richards <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/nov/18/a-ch-sisson-reader-charlie-louth-patrick-mcguinness-review
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>> - good to see CHSisson posthumously awarded a selected writings -
>> but my guess is that most poetryetcers won't have heard of him till now...
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>> Max
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