[New-Poetry] Borges

[Roger Day]

I think the art for art's sake is a red-herring in this context. Jorge
Luis undoubtedly supported a dictatorship (I believe he knew exactly
what he was doing) and there are many other examples: Heidegger and
von Karajan Nazis, Eliot, royalist and anti-semite. Gertrude Stein
spent  the Second World War in a secluded French villa living very
nicely, thankyou very much, in direct contrast to Claude Cahun who
actively tried to obstruct the Nazi cause
(http://www.lrb.co.uk/v29/n24/cast01_.html). All our heroes have feet
of clay. Lawrence said trust the tale and not the teller, and I urge
compassion when thinking of those who transgress.

Roger
On Sun, Mar 16, 2008 at 6:46 PM, Anny Ballardini <anny.ballardini at tin.it> wrote:
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> [..] The belief in art for art's sake, according to the Russian Communist
> theorist Georgy Plekhanov, "arises when artists and also people keenly
> interested in art are hopelessly out of harmony with their social
> environment." [...]
> http://dailyscare.com/2751/on-the-trail-of-jorge-luis-borges-in-buenos-aires
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