He (Auden) of course wanted to remove 'September 1st, 1939' from his
Collected Works, after the 'and/or' argument.
The discussion of the political/personal transcendent leads me back to
Berryman's 'The Song of the Tortured Girl'; indeed a poem that
encompasses what we are discussing.
Caleb
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Sent: Wednesday, 13 September 2006 7:50 PM
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Subject: Re: Political poetry
>IIRC, after Spain, Auden (according to the Big Biog) begin to repudiate
his pre-Spain ideals. Indeed, his ideals didn't seem to survive contact
with the enemy, although that maybe a little harsh.
Lowell wrote some political stuff as well - "a million foreskins stacked
like trash" etc.
>Of modern day writers, Jack Mapanje, whom I saw read a couple of years
ago, is a good poet whose poetry is grounded in the torture rooms of
Malawi. A good review here:
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