Modernist literature is marked by a break with the sequential, developmental, cause-and-effect presentation of the 'reality' of realist fiction, toward a presentation of experience as layered, allusive, discontinuous; the use, to these ends, of fragmentation and juxtaposition, motif, symbol, allusion.
On Feb 11, 2018, at 5:10 PM, Jamie McKendrick <[log in to unmask]> wrote:Only too happy to set the ‘silly squabbling’ aside. Good title for a new thread I hope not to contribute anything to.Returning to post-modernism, I’m confessedly ignorant about what it means in relation to poetry, though grateful to have learnt something about its history (Toynbee, Olson etc.). But can anyone explain why it might be a serviceable term or even suggest any poets who be considered examples?
JamieLawdy, Lawd, turn your head away from a thread you contributed to for some 48 hours & here are 20 more posts that have nothing to do with the subject header — or is all that silly squabbling post-modern in any way??? Maybe the list would improve if those who want to argue about if to argue or how to argue or not to argue should create a threat called just that — it would simplify reading & save time for some of us.Pierre<BookOfUmicro.jpg>
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Nomadics blog: http://pierrejoris.com/blog/____________________________________________________________________________________________________________On Feb 11, 2018, at 3:14 PM, Rhys Trimble <[log in to unmask]> wrote:Yes its a general comment about the list, nothing to do with you as such David maybe you are a symptom, but others too who are quick to bring emotion into what should neutral and if possible light-hearted and thorough (if not mutually exclusive) discussion of poetry and poetics and related topics
anyway back to modernism kids if we can!