09-03-2023, 06:19 PM
(This post was last modified: 09-03-2023, 06:22 PM by TranquillityBase.)
(09-03-2023, 08:10 AM)rowens Wrote: Why do you, TB, understand Dylan Thomas, and not Wallace Stevens?The best I can figure is it's a matter of language and subject matter.
Dylan Thomas is all about solid Anglo-Saxon source words. Stevens tends towards words derived from Latin.
Thomas writes about reality as I perceive it. Stevens is all abstraction/philosophy of perception/idea vs reality (as far as I can understand it).
I got as far as Auroras of Autumn. I know you recommended The Rock, so once I've had a break, I'll go back and read that.
Right now I just need some distance. Probably I tried to read too much too fast.
Thanks for asking.
TqB
(09-01-2023, 08:08 AM)rowens Wrote: Harold Bloom loved Philip Roth. He despised Celine and Pound, and didn't so much despise, but resented Henry Miller and Kurt Vonnegut, their close ties with Celine.The more I read about Harold Bloom, the less I trust his judgement.