Re: biographical poetry
Yes, this touches on my comment about Dorothy Porter and
Akhenaten. I agree that biography can be (is?) a disguised form
of autobiography. But the 'autobiographical' element that is
inevitable can be extremely oblique. What kind of autobiographical
issues are at work in Snodgrass's The Fuhrer Bunker? Clearly,
whatever you think of the project, one doesn't want to be too
literal-minded.
Thanks
for making me think of dialogue: that's a great point.
Cheers,
David
We could reflect upon an issue such as
whether it is possible or not to
distinguish the self from its narratives: from a theoretical point
of
view , I believe that the self should remove its primacy for the sake
of
the epics of the "other", therefore becoming biographical
of other people's
lives (as in Brecht). But I doubt that this is truly possible.
I tend to think that all poetry is indeed a disguised form of
autobiography
to the expenses of the biographical interest on the other's life.
Intertexuality is a good mean to write biographical poetry,
continuing
writing about one's self, but in a more understated fashion.
biographical poetry, also, serves the ethics of dialogue.
well, in a way, all poetical translations are a form of biographical
poetry.
uhmm.
Erminia
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