tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post7389010640446094145..comments2024-03-27T06:25:29.002-05:00Comments on Anecdotal Evidence: `Bound Up With Giving Pleasure'Patrick Kurphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08436175583386298032noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post-44994046171512324702014-12-01T20:13:56.245-06:002014-12-01T20:13:56.245-06:00"didn’t make it new; he made it well-written&..."didn’t make it new; he made it well-written" makes for a catchy antithesis, but seems to me to misrepresent what Pound meant by "Make it new."Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14819154529261482038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post-2433365378840272622014-12-01T11:50:24.767-06:002014-12-01T11:50:24.767-06:00Baudelaire and Larkin found life a mixture of grim...Baudelaire and Larkin found life a mixture of grim and exhilarating. Both had a sense of their own moral failure and saw art as a redemptive process. "Tu m'as donné ta boue, et j'en ai fait de l'or" said Baudelaire, addressing the city. Rhyme and verse charmed the bad faith away. As always the jury is out as to whether this alchemy is sufficient. Fans of Larkin might suggest that his reputation proves that it was? It's an interesting equation. One might think that Shakespeare was well-adjusted, happy and a great poet, and, therefore, knew more.Subbuteohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11263202102536057266noreply@blogger.com