tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post3867370714352043088..comments2024-03-28T16:58:17.705-04:00Comments on Grim's Hall: On LiteratureGrimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-48497375228412324342016-04-25T18:56:36.323-04:002016-04-25T18:56:36.323-04:00Gioia is a bit of a rebel. He has criticized moder...<b>Gioia is a bit of a rebel. He has criticized modern poetry as being written by professional poets for professional poets instead of for the culture. In turn, many modern poets have criticized him.</b><br /><br />Let me rephrase that final sentence: many modern poets have criticized Gioia for speaking the truth. <br /><br />I developed a loathing for poetry from English classes in high school and college. Years later I rediscovered poetry, making the realization that it is meant to be spoken and listened to. <br /><br />As long as universities continue to provide faculty positions for professional poets, they will not feel the need to produce poems that those outside the poet cadre will purchase.Gringonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-51112574363288217932016-04-24T21:05:46.317-04:002016-04-24T21:05:46.317-04:00A number of years ago I was doing some research an...A number of years ago I was doing some research and came across a digitized copy of an 1850s era catalog for NYU. A prerequisites for admission as freshmen, applicants were expected to have already read a number of works in both Greek and Latin.<br /><br />I don't know when it was dropped, but the requirement didn't last much longer, I think. We started shifting away from classical knowledge and toward science and modern knowledge.Tomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-89357325110837776542016-04-24T20:53:53.695-04:002016-04-24T20:53:53.695-04:00"...Alexander Pope..."
Most probably hi..."...Alexander Pope..."<br /><br />Most probably his <i>Odyssey</i>, or possibly his <i>Iliad</i>, as an English introduction to works that those who went to college in the 1890s would later be expected to read in Greek. Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.com