> I can't quite agree: to ask her language to "match up" to Donne's is to
> ask the impossible.
Well, George, the impossible is exactly what poetry demands of us.
Best
Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: "George Hunka" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 12:24 PM
Subject: Re: [New-Poetry] Fascicle 2
> I can't quite agree: to ask her language to "match up" to Donne's is to
> ask the impossible. The English of the Metaphysicals is not the same as
> the language of a 21st century post-modern poet, and engaging in value
> judgments between those two Englishes is not merely a matter of taste
> but also detracts from her stated project, which is to recover those
> Metaphysical sensibilities for herself, re-embody them and re-present
> them to a readership in a world filled with Iraqs. Not a folly at all I
> think but not unlike Pound's appropriation of Asian poetry.
>
> Best,
> George
>
> David Bircumshaw wrote:
> > Well, to make things quite clear: I've seen Geraldine read - she's is a
> > superb performer and I'd recommend people to see her. She's also a very
> > engaging and good-humoured person to talk to. Is that an example of
animus?
> >
> > BUT I still do not see the artistic reason for her appropriation of
Donne,
> > as I said before, I think it a folly, aesthetically, as her language
does
> > not match up to Donne's.
> >
> > Best
> >
> > Dave
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Alison Croggon" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 12:15 AM
> > Subject: Re: [New-Poetry] Fascicle 2
> >
> >
> >
> >> On 15/2/06 11:02 AM, "Mark Weiss" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>> Ah, a lesson in etiquette.
> >>>
> >> Maybe. We've had fights on this list about such issues many times; one
> >> woman's "impatience" might be another's unjustifiable personal attack.
I
> >> think on a list like this that etiquette matters; it's the oil that
> >>
> > permits
> >
> >> robust discussion. To my mind there was sufficient ad hominem in those
> >>
> > posts
> >
> >> to raise the question; the poem was sufficiently mocked before it or
the
> >> ideas that informed it were even read. Fwiw, I'd make the same points -
> >>
> > and
> >
> >> in fact have - about poets whose work I don't enjoy.
> >>
> >> Best
> >>
> >> A
> >>
> >> Alison Croggon
> >>
> >> Blog: http://theatrenotes.blogspot.com
> >> Editor, Masthead: http://masthead.net.au
> >> Home page: http://alisoncroggon.com
> >>
> >
> >
> >
>
> --
>
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