tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8183662.post111350654367665056..comments2023-06-13T21:46:20.222+01:00Comments on A few words: A forgotten poetUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8183662.post-1117819073784407032005-06-03T18:17:00.000+01:002005-06-03T18:17:00.000+01:00Yes, quite!Yes, quite!Martin Locockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17198668398629742974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8183662.post-1117325945743881332005-05-29T01:19:00.000+01:002005-05-29T01:19:00.000+01:00I particularly enjoyed this quote "I remembered wh...I particularly enjoyed this quote "I remembered what Northrop Frye had written of Emily Dickinson: "For the thousands of people, most of them women, who make verse out of a limited range of imaginative experience in life, love, nature, and religion, who live without fame and without much knowledge of literature beyond their schoolbooks, Emily Dickinson is the literary spokesman.""<BR/><BR/>Of course, Frye had such a an eventful, experience packed, life in comparison. He was born, went to school, and went to university. Then he got a real job for a year or so, and then went back to university. Then, eventually, he died. <BR/><BR/>If we apply his argument to say Jane Austen vs Norman Mailer , the latter must be a much better writer because he is male, has been to Africa, and run for Mayor in New York. Un huh.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8183662.post-1117264038246175142005-05-28T08:07:00.000+01:002005-05-28T08:07:00.000+01:00There's an interesting article by someone who at...There's an interesting <A HREF="http://www.karenalkalay-gut.com/crapsey.htm" REL="nofollow"> article </A> by someone who at first dismisses Crapsey as twee and naive but realises that she was actually quite clever and serious.Martin Locockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17198668398629742974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8183662.post-1117249210588986772005-05-28T04:00:00.000+01:002005-05-28T04:00:00.000+01:00FuckingLawnmower won'tStart. I think it needs aNew...Fucking<BR/>Lawnmower won't<BR/>Start. I think it needs a<BR/>New sparkplug or ignition lead or<BR/>Something.<BR/><BR/>A poot is born.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com