tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593764226213882767.post6741069121569817339..comments2024-02-22T15:48:50.427-08:00Comments on Poems and Poetics: Reconfiguring Romanticism (25): William Everson, on Robert Duncan’s romanticism and modernism, & other mattersJerome Rothenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14166931849293504537noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593764226213882767.post-30511133406853727682009-03-12T15:26:00.000-07:002009-03-12T15:26:00.000-07:00I think Everson was correct about Romanticism bein...I think Everson was correct about Romanticism being in the marrow of Modernism. I've always thought it was there, psychologically if not obviously in terms of literary style or structure. The archetype of the Hero-Artist, the avant-gardist placed in rebellion against the establishment status quo, the idea that Modernism was rejection as much as revelation—these are all very romantic ideas.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for sharing this interview.Art Durkeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07463180236975988432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593764226213882767.post-88955045255895058062009-03-06T06:35:00.000-08:002009-03-06T06:35:00.000-08:00Thank you for posting this interview with William ...Thank you for posting this interview with William Everson, an interview that I hadn't read before. Everson's Birth of a Poet, his emphasis on shamanism and poetry, and his body of work all deserve to be read and studied by younger poets today.Stephen Morrisseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16434593249190784920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593764226213882767.post-25647739243628494412009-03-03T15:35:00.000-08:002009-03-03T15:35:00.000-08:00A very interesting interview, which on reflection,...A very interesting interview, which on reflection, seems flawed in many ways. To identify Pound as the main Modernist influence...then tag HD on later? The momentum of HD is far greater than Pound's-- on Duncan. The statement that Duncan was a Romantic, backed up by a possible Coleridge influence, is grossly inaccurate. Surely, the Romantic influence was Shelley. His interest in synthetic Platonic imagery shows again and again on Duncan. The weakness of this appraisal is that it shows little detailed knowledge of English Literature: Duncan's English/Celtic borrowings are skipped over as Duncan is quickly placed in the grand American line of Pound. How times change perspective...or closer readings...so good to see Duncan remembered. Thanks.A.H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08716463684593767622noreply@blogger.com