tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post1796790596689296551..comments2024-03-10T23:01:51.493-05:00Comments on Stupid Motivational Tricks / Bemsha Swing: AristotleJonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-40009622984490676342013-10-23T12:31:51.319-05:002013-10-23T12:31:51.319-05:00Of course, and this probably wouldn't be diffe...Of course, and this probably wouldn't be different for the Greeks. The fiction / non-fiction distinction gets confused with the mode of presentation distinction. (often) Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-75688424650605582022013-10-23T12:29:54.358-05:002013-10-23T12:29:54.358-05:00My quibble is really a minor one. I don't care...My quibble is really a minor one. I don't care whether Wordsworth himself had any particular memories/opinions/experiences. However, the text presents itself as the utterance of an I, and I receive it that way, even if I consider that 'I' a fiction. (It's a bit like fiction in the form of autobiography, which is common enough.)Vance Maverickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07477306994564623348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-43417031984681241672013-10-23T12:20:46.610-05:002013-10-23T12:20:46.610-05:00I'm not sure yet. Vendler thinks lyric poetry...I'm not sure yet. Vendler thinks lyric poetry is in "vox propria" or that the reader should identify with the poetic speaker's I. Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-52089849870328760842013-10-23T12:18:58.745-05:002013-10-23T12:18:58.745-05:00Are you saying that for the Greeks, lyric poetry w...Are you saying that for the Greeks, lyric poetry was in one's own voice? It's not literally in the author's voice today, except in an as-if sense.Vance Maverickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07477306994564623348noreply@blogger.com