[New-Poetry] RECONFIGURATIONS: A Journal for Poetics & Poetry /Literature & Culture

[David Bircumshaw]

> A parallel to Whitman, but without his immediate
> success from self-publishing, was William Blake.

Cesar Vallejo's great 'Trilce' (1917) was, I believe, self-published. Or is
the correct phrase 'privately published'?

Best

Dave


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> > Yes, but not everyone is Whitman. If one believes
> > one's work is that good, go for it.
> > The other great poet of the era didn't even try to
> > publish. So there's another model.
> > Finnegan
>
> Well, she did try, but not very hard and without much
> luck.
>
> A parallel to Whitman, but without his immediate
> success from self-publishing, was William Blake.
>
> So it goes ...
>
> Robin
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