Yes, thank you Bill. You want intellect and poetic power? Look no further than Shakespeare - a great critic...of his times, of literature, of mankind... >From: Bill Freind <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: Ezra Pound discussion list of the University of Maine > <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: His nibs >Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 09:00:07 -0400 > >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 ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com