Sixty plus years in and around literature of various sorts and I have yet to meet a literary theorist or to read an entire article on literary theory. I've no idea what such terms as "deconstruction" mean or meant. As for whole books on the topic, they are to me as spades to Gwendolyn Bracknall. I am happy to say I have never seen one.
Have any of the literary theorists mentioned above ever written a decent novel, story or poem? If so, I should like very much to know which of them has done so...that I might examine the product and perhaps modify this one of my numerous prejudices.
Is poetry important? Yes, to a very few people of whom I have been one, but not generally. Dana Goia thought poetry could possibly matter---if certain things were done. But those things are not being done and probably will not be done. Except for song lyrics verse-writing remains what it has long been, a trivial activity germane to the serious concerns of practically nobody.
G/W
[This message has been edited by Golias (edited October 08, 2005).]
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