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Date: | Wed, 19 Apr 2000 09:00:07 -0400 |
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Bill Wagner wrote:
> Ego and arrogance seems to be the foundation
> of most art. Intellect often lacks the necessary spark of creativity. Which
> may be what separates critics from creators.
These are both incredibly romantic notions: the poet as anti- or non-intellectual
ego combatting the withering forces of reason. Of course, they were probably bogus
in the Romantic era, too: Coleridge was one of the leading "critics" of his time,
and ego in Shelley, Blake or Wordsworth (not to mention Hemans) is, to put it
mildly, a complicated issue. Scores of 20th C writers have been shrewd critics,
and a number of critics have written impressive books.
Yeah, intellect often lacks creativity, but that shouldn't serve as a celebration
of dimwittedness.
Bill Freind
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