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E.E. Cummings has a poetic sequence entitled "Epithalamion," which seems thoroughly engaged with Spenser: http://www.famous-poems.biz/E_E_Cummings/Epithalamion-top-ten-poems-by-e-e-cummings.html I'm not sure, though, if it pre- or post-dates 1940. And for Eclogues, I can't recall if anyone's yet mentioned Anthony Hecht's "Eclogue of the Shepherd and the Townie." Spenser seems part of the mix here somehow, though the eclogue tradition is a long one and Hecht knows his classics. http://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poem.html?id=179070 (By the way, and entirely off-topic, in hunting up the Hecht poem on the website of the Poetry Foundation, I came across an exchange between Alicia Ostriker and Peter O'Leary on the Psalms. Since I know I'm not the only Psalms-obsessed person on this list -- Anne! -- I pass on the link: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/journal/feature.html?id=182864.) Hannibal On 2/4/09, [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Penny et al. -- > > > Ashbery's dialogue between Cuddie and Colin is titled "Eclogue." The title > poem in *Some Trees*, and indeed the whole collection, might be situated > in Spenser's Wandring Wood. > > > Jon Quitslund > > -------------- Original message from Kenneth Gross <[log in to unmask]>: > -------------- > > > > Penny -- no correspondence with Ashbery. Indeed, looking over the > > list, it's clear that almost all of the letters are from the mid/late > > fifties, some few in the 60s. The letters from 1984 are apparently > > mostly responses giving Blissett permission to publish the much > > earlier correspondence at some point. The youngest poet on the list > > seems to be Karl Shapiro. > > > > But I'm sure Ashbery too is steeped in Spenser. > > > > Ken > > > > On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 8:24 AM, Penny M wrote: > > > That is a fantastic link, Kenneth, thank you. It doesn't have John > Ashbery > > > in: I wonder why? There's a Colin/ Cuddie poem in Some Trees, but I > can't > > > remember the title. > > > Penny. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Sidney-Spenser Discussion List [mailto: > [log in to unmask]] > > > On Behalf Of Kenneth Gross > > > Sent: 04 February 2009 13:13 > > > To: [log in to unmask] > > > Subject: More on literary references > > > > > > Yet once more... > > > > > > I recalled that Gordon Teskey once told me his teacher William > > > Blissett had long ago been collecting materials about Spenser and > > > modern poets. He wrote to English, Canadian, and American poets > > > asking about Spenser's influence on their works. Checking online, I > > > found a listing for a special collection at the University of Toronto > > > Library, the "Blissett Collection," which contains all of the > > > correspondence with poets between1953 and 1984 (including letters from > > > Louise Bogan, Wallace Stevens, Ezra Pound, Robert Graves, and even > > > John Masefield.) Here's a link to the catalog entry, with the names > > > of the poets he wrote to: > > > > > > http://library.utoronto.ca/fisher/collections/findaids/blissett89.pdf > > > > > > I remember corresponding with Blissett myself a number of years ago, > > > at a point when he had more or less given up the thought of writing > > > this material up. > > > > > > And I'm SURE that Merrill's Changing Light at Sandover has some > > > Spenser woven into it. > > > > > > Ken > > > > > -- Hannibal Hamlin Associate Professor of English The Ohio State University Burkhardt Fellow, The Folger Shakespeare Library 201 East Capitol Street SE Washington, DC 20003 [log in to unmask] [log in to unmask]