good posting Richard.
>On Sat, 17 Jul 1999 09:12:28 +0900, Stephen wrote:
>
>> however it is unfair to impose these enthusiasms upon others who
>>do not share the same taste. Because in the end it is a matter of taste on
>>why we decide to read one poet or another
>
>- I dunno, Stephen. Yes, I'd be worried if said enthusiasms became
>"impositions", senses of an orthodoxy which has to be followed or
>else... But I hope this list CAN serve - as it has in the past - to
>pass enthusiasms on: because if we all stay in our own little areas of
>"taste", no exchange is ever going to happen is it? I hope that by
>participating in this OPEN list members are signalling (a) their
>willingness to communicate good-naturedly with others, and (b) their
>willingness to find out stuff from others. If not, why join?
>
>> If I for example
>>said that I would like to have close readings of Tom Pickard's
>>poetry
>
>- I for one wd say, go for it. Tom's been around a good long time, yet
>to my mind hasn't had that much in the way of coherent comment, other
>than the obvious gush sort of review, it'd be good to have some
>presentation of what's going on there.
>
>>Unlike you I have
>>read most of the readings of Prynne's poetry, and yes some have been
>>insightful, but many have been indulgent.
>
>- OK: dazed and reeling tho I was, I did read enough of the postings
>to recognise what you mean on both counts... and many elements of the
>responses to said postings were equally indulgent, OSISTM. I'd hope
>that now that we've got through the posturing and shouting across the
>barricades bit, we can actually get on with the communication.
>
>I'm not suggesting that the results of such enthusiasms/exchange are
>that we all become one happy homogenous group, perish the bloody
>thought. But the obvious potential benefits of plugging away at such
>things with as much good nature as can be mustered surely outweigh the
>alternative, which is a sealed non-comunication, a closure.
>
>High-Court Judge: "Well, Learned Counsel has lectured me for some time
>on this matter, and I'm none the wiser."
>Learned Counsel: "No milud, but you are at least better informed..."
>
>RC
>
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