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it's more than that isn't it edmund? more than just the shelf life of the universal and the commodification of the present.? it's also to do with the assumption of the authority of single voice, single perspective. Isn't it? I prefer writing which demonstrates the impossibility of that. best ian >From: Edmund Hardy <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: Edmund Hardy <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: Talking in Greek >Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 11:49:16 +0000 > >enjoyed that interview - > > >"Yet as a generalisation it remains true that most commercially successful >and officially endorsed poetry remains a poetry of the insulated present, >in which the self (an authentic self or a personified self) is displayed as >the monadic ikon by which the perceptual world is made accessible. To >“identify with the author”, or to share an experience, is considered the >greatest prize of poetry reading, valued as an end in itself." > > >To add a generalisation to this generalisation - Aren't those qualities - >which could apply to Thomson - the ingredients for a poetry which is >popular in its time? To share an experience... which is recognised as >being up-to-the-minute. > >But then as the centuries go by, the quality which made the poetry popular >now alienates future readers who are of a different time and don't see the >authentic self there any more but a stylization that puts them off. > >E. > > >>From: Peter Riley <[log in to unmask]> >>Reply-To: Peter Riley <[log in to unmask]> >>To: [log in to unmask] >>Subject: Talking in Greek >>Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 10:45:06 +0100 >> >>People might be interested in an interview with me on the Greek website >>http://poeticanet.com >> >>It's a long rather relaxed affair supposedly on the current modernities of >>English poetry but after many hours and pages it has not yet reached the >>1960s. Perhaps it never will. >> >>Forgive cross-posting -- I can't decide which people are most likely to be >>interested. >> >>PR > >_________________________________________________________________ >Solve the Conspiracy and win fantastic prizes. >http://www.theconspiracygame.co.uk/ _________________________________________________________________ Txt a lot? Get Messenger FREE on your mobile. https://livemessenger.mobile.uk.msn.com/