[New-Poetry] Jeffers Continued

[Suzanne Burns]

On 1/5/07, Jeff Newberry <jeff.newberry at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Jeffers' misanthropy has been widely discussed--did he hate humanity? I
> don't think so.  I think that what incensed Jeffers so much was wasteful,
> inauthentic humanity:  that is, those who exist in a place and act as though
> they are the only ones who either exist or matter.  For Jeffers, humanity is
> arrogant--thinking itself above reproach, beyond the consequences of its
> actions.  This hubris is the ultimate flaw.
>


Thank you so much for saying that!!  I couldn't agree more.  I have never
thought of him as a misanthrope and I protest heavily that acknowledging
humanity's wastefulness and hubris has somehow mean hating humanity.  It
bothers me when people conflate those two things.

Thanks,

Suzanne
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