Oops corrected below P too much of a rush!
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Sent: 13 May 2009 16:49
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Subject: Re: Theoretically ... (corrected, what was I thinking)
Was it Picasso who said that you have to ditch all the theory before yo can
paint(or was it me rambling on someplace?)
Patrick
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From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
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Sent: 13 May 2009 16:26
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Subject: Re: Theoretically ... (corrected, what was I thinking)
> when such discussions become an
> academic credentialing ritual, valued intrinsically for its careerist
> utility (as well as, perhaps, for the narcissistic pleasure of
> indulging in it) and having only a tenuous if any connection to what's
> really valuable in literature.
Of course in English language speaking countries at least the same
thing has happened to a great extent with poetry itself.
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