tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13726943.post9106241991452922638..comments2024-01-19T21:33:09.716+00:00Comments on E Y E W E A R, THE BLOG - FREEDOM MEANS BEING UNAFRAID TO WRITE WHAT YOU THINK: World and EarthEYEWEARhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01900801847916951522noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13726943.post-1608289864061520572008-01-25T10:01:00.000+00:002008-01-25T10:01:00.000+00:00What I meant by this is that Kirsch tends to argue...What I meant by this is that Kirsch tends to argue for the Wordsworth line in poetry, tinged with pragmatic modernism - in his reviews, he constntly returns to Humean tests for poetry - he's an empiricist - is the language clear, adequate to the experience - his comments on Koch's work, in particular, show how his own poetic cannot fully accept work that intends to be excessive, artificial, inorganic. As such, he is, like Helen Vendler, a supporter of the dominant mainstream lyric tradition in Anglo-British poetry. It's a fine tradition, and he's a fine critic. However, there are other perspectives (and not necessarily better ones, at that).EYEWEARhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01900801847916951522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13726943.post-54884472770191181632008-01-25T07:45:00.000+00:002008-01-25T07:45:00.000+00:00Coincidentally, someone recommended I get hold of ...Coincidentally, someone recommended I get hold of this book when it comes out (end of February?) and I think I will. It sounds really interesting. I don't know anything about Kirsch. When you say that, "...Kirsch is an apologist for one dominant style of poetics," what style are you referring to?Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17046788730174617923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13726943.post-55415039620402430492008-01-24T19:35:00.000+00:002008-01-24T19:35:00.000+00:00Great article, Todd. Please, you who are political...Great article, Todd. Please, you who are politically aware of problems give a look to Tommaso Gervasutti's latest entry in his blog, it's about my country.<BR/>best, DavideTommaso Gervasuttihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17137499390434949734noreply@blogger.com