I thought Mina Loy was British.
Robert
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> From: pain[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Reply To: pain
> Sent: 05 April 2000 15:18
> To: british-poets
> Subject: FW: An Objections to Poetry Review
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> I don't see why A.E. Houseman should be mentioned in any of the great
> debates -- he is surely already part of the canon? I mean his works are
> included in the courses on early Twentieth century literature, and he is
> often read in connection with the First World War poets, as is Thomas
> Hardy,
> and he is also read as a key figure in the early gay canon. What is the
> purpose of his exhumation, to bridge the poetics? Wasn't it I.A. Richards
> who after the Houseman critique of Metaphysical Poetry in a 1930's lecture
> said that the author of Shropshire Lad" had set the clock back thirty
> years
> or words to that effect. Much could be said if we were to embrace him once
> more --I'd rather read Mina Loy or the British equivalent-- or even be
> exposed to continental poetry which is grossly underread.
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