> For us the link between poetry & body died with the bardic era--we
>read under the influence of a cartesian anaesthetic gas.
How true is this?
It's not true of my experiences of reading poetry and as far as I know
I'm alive now. But I guess among the less conscious responses I seek in
reading poetry are physical responses, and I tend to nod off if they
don't happen.
Cris?
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