tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20990868.post8566801891732500693..comments2024-01-29T10:50:15.619-08:00Comments on Modern Americans: The Lovejoy Columnsrodney khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10515711262628729312noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20990868.post-53043602882303373922009-09-02T11:33:45.807-07:002009-09-02T11:33:45.807-07:00Rodney:
So much is compacted here that deserves l...Rodney:<br /><br />So much is compacted here that deserves long commentary, or at least a long conversation (preferably one that involves walking through a quiet neighborhood deep into the night, beer in hand). But this in particular needs to be remarked:<br /><br /><i>we have so little need right now for generic poems of any kind.... You might even say that poets themselves in our particular moment show a diminished interest in poetry as a genre; that is, as a set of conventions recognized and presumably admired by its audience, even when it’s being tweaked. Genre films and genre fiction...win passion and rabid affection from their fans. The rote and familiar are virtues, even requirements, and artists who don’t deliver a car crash or two get raked over fanboy coals. The creator is more trustee than genius, and too much originality betrays the shared commitment to the form.</i><br /><br />Damn! I've mentally underlined that, with thick pencil, scribbling "yes!!!" in the margin. It gets exactly right the big difference between the poetic cultures of before and after modernism, and does so in a thoroughly original, far-reaching way. <br /><br />Now I'm going to go off and think about trustees and geniuses.<br /><br />Benmongibedduhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15189399154734690695noreply@blogger.com