[New-Poetry] FR Leavis examined

[James Cervantes]

On 6/8/06, Bob Grumman <bobgrumman at nut-n-but.net> wrote:
>
>
> > "I don't know, mama.  I can't paint and I can't fuck and I'm angry all
> > the time.  Now I know how a critic must feel." - Ellen Cherry, in
> > Skinny Legs and All, by Tom Robbins.
>
> I'm curious: is Ellen Cherry expressing the author's point of view, or is
> she a satire on the standard tenth-rate artist?

All the characters are . . . caricatures, and satirical to this or
that degree.  The character of Ellen Cherry is pure artist, whether
the final product is good, bad, or indifferent.  It's a fun read and
plays with serious matters, such as the patriarchal/Christian
subversion of the matriarchal/Dionysian mind set.

-- Jim

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