Kent, you might have missed it, but I started my paragraph with: ‘Speaking for myself, I find song more “powerful” than written poetry’, and ended the paragraph with: ‘I accept that this is probably an eccentric view, and is expressed here as purely an opinion’. I wasn't stating it as an absolute.
Regarding my “summary” of Tim’s position; it could be incorrect. I might have been assuming too much in it. I’ll have to wait for his reply to find out. I don’t think that if it is correct, it necessarily rules out the possibility of personal preferences to be made regarding how individuals approach songs or poetry. At least, I don’t think that is what Tim is suggesting.
On Sun, 30 Oct 2016 12:26 Kent Johnson wrote:
Except, Jeffrey, your endorsing paraphrase of Tim's New Historicist-like take directly contradicts your statement earlier today (how quickly things change!) that song is immanently superior to poetry.
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