Subject: Re: Cravenhearted.
From: Will Hochman (hochman@southernct.edu)
Date: Tue Feb 19 2002 - 23:43:36 GMT
C, it may be inappropriate for me to respond since I actually like
"Hapworth 16, l924." However, I can at least thank you for the quote
and point. Finding one's own teacher and realizing that means
becoming your own teacher is a step in a writer's progress that is
both terrifying and beautiful. The best writing teacher I had was
Richard Hugo who taught us how he wrote but challenged us to use what
we liked and leave the rest behind. He showed us how to find our own
writing "rules." You can read about this pedagogy in a marvelous and
short book by Hugo called The Triggering Town. This post is not a
mere fond memory of a great teacher though. I think "Hapworth" is
about writing and the how the spirit of poetry is something to find
in one's sense of God or holiness. Of course I would read it that
way...that's what my life is about...but I really think that your
quote starts us thinking about just what it is Seymour is trying to
teach himself and the Glass family. Thanks, will
-- Will HochmanAssistant Professor of English Southern Connecticut State University 501 Crescent St, New Haven, CT 06515 203 392 5024
http://www.southernct.edu/~hochman/willz.html
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