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Monday, November 07, 2005
Ashbery, cont (briefly, tangentially)
Speaking of chance, in the latest edition of the New York Review of Books there's a review written about James Schuyler's collected letters here (I've copied the link after getting through with my password; hopefully the complete article will come up when the link is clicked).
Some of the letters are to Ashbery, and many cover the time of the founding of the so-called New York School. What I find particularly interesting in the article are Schuyler's biting comments about Richard Wilbur and Anthony Hecht (who I knew, had as a teacher, and deeply admire as a poet). Perhaps someone can comment, but I imagine the same battles that were waged between poets over form, formalism, and the direction of new poetry were the same that were being waged between musicians and composers then, now, forever.
posted by Blackdogred
11:48 AM
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