tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post112208238930914359..comments2023-08-29T02:42:23.063-05:00Comments on ¡Bemsha SWING!: Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post-1122255733254854502005-07-24T20:42:00.000-05:002005-07-24T20:42:00.000-05:00I don't subscribe to the "social struggle makes be...I don't subscribe to the "social struggle makes better poetry" line at all. That's just pure sentimentalism. Neruda's social poetry is crap, for the most part. Try reading Miguel Hernández's war poetry. (Just for a few notorious examples.) That's just as reductionist as the "duende.." I can't even conclude that Spanish language poetry has surpassed English language poetry, even though I think Spanish has one of the richest traditions. If you think the British scene is more vital than the American, or that all American poets are University professors, you have a lot of reading to do.Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post-1122144259779077232005-07-23T13:44:00.000-05:002005-07-23T13:44:00.000-05:00Jordan,I'm not sure what a plastic chocolate mold ...Jordan,<BR/><BR/>I'm not sure what a plastic chocolate mold is. Why do you ask?Anthony Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15344532091414013818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post-1122129228556052202005-07-23T09:33:00.000-05:002005-07-23T09:33:00.000-05:00***My point is that I get tired of people talking ...***<BR/><BR/>My point is that I get tired of people talking to me about duende. It's a characterization of Spanish-language poetry that is based on one essay by one poet. It would be as though someone tried to extract one concept from TS Eliot that would be applicable to all poetry written in English in the US and England and Ireland and Australia. We can't think of such a concept in English-language poetry because we know too much. Knowing very little of a tradition allows for a ready-made stereotype.Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post-1122127814852770802005-07-23T09:10:00.000-05:002005-07-23T09:10:00.000-05:00At least two!When what we really need is half a Fl...At least two!<BR/><BR/>When what we really need is half a Flann O'Brien.<BR/><BR/>But are you saying, Jonathan, that it's much easier to characterize a different linguistic group's literature than one's own? very interested to have you spell out your meaning.<BR/><BR/>Hey Tony, do you ever use plastic chocolate molds?Jordanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10451174274596699645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post-1122085994764999902005-07-22T21:33:00.000-05:002005-07-22T21:33:00.000-05:00Yep. Spanish poetry has too much damn duende. An...Yep. Spanish poetry has too much damn duende. <BR/><BR/>And English poetry has two Ted Hugheses.Anthony Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15344532091414013818noreply@blogger.com