Criteria time
Malcolm Lawrence (malcolm@wolfenet.com)
Thu, 08 Jan 1998 10:44:10 -0800
Molly Hall wrote:
> I love the man, too folks. What people always have to say is that he
> was important for other reasons. No, he CERTAINLY was not the most
> important poet of our era, and no he does not stand toe to toe with
> those great poets Mr. Hockman mentioned. THat's simply not true. It's
> cool to like GInsberg for sure, because what he had to say was beautiful
> and important. Nevertheless, even Howl was an extremely messy poem with
> plenty of bad points to its good. I'm afraid Mr. Ginsberg will simply
> not be remembered in the way so many people want to think. Let's get
> some perspective on this guy, please.
Okay, give us your criteria not only for Ginsberg but for the landscape of great
poetry its'elfWhich poetic tradition are you defending? Era and decade would be
appreciated. And if not Ginsberg who would you say is/was?