On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 5:48 AM, Max Richards<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Ah, Dominic, this splendid demonstration of 'close reading' takes me back to
> what I thought were long gone days of discussing poems in detail with like-
> minded readers. It is heartening to think it still goes on. It also brings back
> certain misgivings about times when I tactlessly expected young students to be
> ready for this sort of strenuous activity.
A few are, and that's the killer. What do you do with them? What,
while you're doing it, do you do with the rest?
Dominic
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