[New-Poetry] As for the Oxford Professorship of Poetry

[Anny Ballardini]

sounds so much Nietzschean.

On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 6:46 PM, <jforjames at aol.com> wrote:

> That's 'Apollonian' of course.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jforjames at aol.com
> To: robin.hamilton2 at btinternet.com; new-poetry at wiz.cath.vt.edu
> Sent: Sat, 31 Jan 2009 12:44 pm
> Subject: Re: [New-Poetry] As for the Oxford Professorship of Poetry
>
>  I recall reading Graves' Oxford lectures and enjoying them very much. One
> of his major divisions was between the Apollian and Muse (Dionysian) poetry.
> Which was related to the Classical and Romantic modes, and the modern notion
> of Cooked and Raw perhaps, etc. He did a good job laying out examples
> throughout the tradition with insight and free-wheeling erudition. I will
> post a quote or two from the lectures when I find it.
> Finnegan
>



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