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The Practice of Poetry

by Gene Tanta Academia

The Practice of Poetry

By Gene Tanta

The poetry lesson is that poetry is a practice.

Jul
19
2011
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The poetry lesson is that poetry is a practice.

On Mimesis

by Emily Vogel Poetry and Poetics

On Mimesis

By Emily Vogel

Aristotle meant that poetry was mimetic of all of things, independent of another poet’s unique perspective. It is not necessary that poets imitate other poets, but that they imitate life.

Mar
30
2011
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Aristotle meant that poetry was mimetic of all of things, independent of another poet’s unique perspective. It is not necessary that poets imitate other poets, but that they imitate life.

The Problem of Style

by Adam Fitzgerald Aesthetics

The Problem of Style

By Adam Fitzgerald

Do you remember that Eliot was billed as giving a talk on ‘Scylla and Charybdis’ and he’d realized that they’d simply misunderstood. That is, when he was asked what he was going to talk about, he’d said that these things were always a matter of Scylla and Charybdis and so forth, and this became the title of the talk so that we got a talk on this subject because they’d slightly misunderstood what he was saying. But it’s true to him.

Mar
27
2010
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Do you remember that Eliot was billed as giving a talk on ‘Scylla and Charybdis’ and he’d realized that they’d simply misunderstood. That is, when he was asked what he was going to talk about, he’d said that these things were always a matter of Scylla and Charybdis and so forth, and this became the title of the talk so that we got a talk on this subject because they’d slightly misunderstood what he was saying. But it’s true to him.