[New-Poetry] Borges

[Roger Day]

He lost his job under Peron for apparently being outspoken so maybe he
was trying to keep his job? I don't think I'd do any different in the
circumstances.

On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 8:48 PM, David Bircumshaw
<david.bircumshaw at ntlworld.com> wrote:
> Thanks to Anny for the interesting link. Regarding Borges, I knew about
>  his being criticised for not publicly opposing the generals, what I
>  don't know about is the precise nature of the difficulties between him
>  and the earlier post-war Peronist regime (under which he certainly was
>  victimised) and how much this influenced, and compromised, his attitudes
>  towards the deposing of its latter incarnation.
>  Where feet are concerned, Roger, unmetrically, my own are made of sand
>  (my peripheries have neuropathy) but where those whose feet are made of
>  clay occur I have compassion as long as they don't tread on me as it is
>  a rather sticky, suffocating and geologically  long-term fate to suffer.
>
>  Best
>
>  Dave
>
> > 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:
>  >
>  > >
>  > >
>  > > [..] 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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