tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post1958225681629099299..comments2024-03-10T23:01:51.493-05:00Comments on Stupid Motivational Tricks / Bemsha Swing: Formative (14): Perloff & O'HaraJonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-19092168677279925832014-05-01T01:12:07.978-05:002014-05-01T01:12:07.978-05:00Vance, I like this: "Note also that she doesn...Vance, I like this: "Note also that she doesn't generally write as if the interest of her subject needed explicit defense -- rather, she just gets into it."<br /><br />That will make her readable in a hundred years, when those who defend their interest in a subject will be unreadable, because of the absence of the context that made the defense necessary.<br /><br />I try to get my Andrew Shieldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02804655739574694901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-41983366444502638212014-04-29T22:02:47.214-05:002014-04-29T22:02:47.214-05:00Yes. I was thinking more of the response to her: l...Yes. I was thinking more of the response to her: like "How dare she treat <i>that</i> as worthy of attention. In this response we see her worth. Mostly recently, people were objecting to her article on the avant-garde in the Princeton Enc. of Poetry and Poetics. How dare she mention conceptual poetry! Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-28599178958619778542014-04-29T10:59:49.907-05:002014-04-29T10:59:49.907-05:00Merely, indeed. I too have benefited from this boo...Merely, indeed. I too have benefited from this book. Can't remember how I came across her (I may actually have heard of her daughter first). Note also that she doesn't generally write as if the interest of her subject needed explicit defense -- rather, she just gets into it.Vance Maverickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07477306994564623348noreply@blogger.com