tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14879983.post115549441559036717..comments2024-03-18T20:41:39.140-07:00Comments on C. E. Chaffin's Blog: Ygdrasil Publishes "The Deprivathon"C. E. Chaffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02639448512282317750noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14879983.post-1155599105251777372006-08-14T16:45:00.000-07:002006-08-14T16:45:00.000-07:00I've read your Eliot essays at Melic and like your...I've read your Eliot essays at <I>Melic</I> and like your take on his work -- especially the early poems.sam of the ten thousand thingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04378206265831223396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14879983.post-1155581391067401962006-08-14T11:49:00.000-07:002006-08-14T11:49:00.000-07:00"The Waste Land" did the same for me. You ever re..."The Waste Land" did the same for me. You ever read my piece on it?<BR/><BR/>I can't believe you listened TWL daily for a year. You are a true devotee of the art and should be teaching at a university.<BR/><BR/>I have "Pictures from Brueghel" in storage, and yes, there he is in stride.C. E. Chaffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02639448512282317750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14879983.post-1155552486211711052006-08-14T03:48:00.000-07:002006-08-14T03:48:00.000-07:00M.A. If I had it to do all over again, I'd probab...M.A. If I had it to do all over again, I'd probably focus on Bishop.<BR/><BR/>The Waste Land has played such a pivotal role in my life. I have Eliot's recordings, and one year listend to his reading TWL 365 days in a row. It was wonderful.<BR/><BR/>The Williams of Kora in Hell & Spring and All is fantastic. Also, Pictures from Brueghel. Paterson is too flabby for my taste. Doesn't have the fire of his earlier works.sam of the ten thousand thingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04378206265831223396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14879983.post-1155534628552284772006-08-13T22:50:00.000-07:002006-08-13T22:50:00.000-07:00Sam, you amaze me. You're one of the few that has...Sam, you amaze me. You're one of the few that has read Paterson through. I admire the shit out of you!<BR/><BR/>Williams seems jaggedly frenetic next to Eliot; Williams is American and Eliot became more British than the Brits. <BR/><BR/>There's life in Williams but I'm not sure if he did enough self=editing; I see lots to trim in his verse. Also in presenting reality qua reality, often the situation he describes controls the poem. The poem should determine what happened, not what actually happened. Why we call it art.<BR/><BR/>Your thesis? M.A. or Ph. D.?<BR/><BR/>I'll trade you Eliot essays if you like. ;-0C. E. Chaffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02639448512282317750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14879983.post-1155523859348343352006-08-13T19:50:00.000-07:002006-08-13T19:50:00.000-07:00What an interesitng venue -- Ygdrasil. Reading "T...What an interesitng venue -- <I>Ygdrasil</I>. Reading "The Deprivathon," at least sections II and IX, made me think of Kaddish and Footnote to Howl. I'm sure that writing the poem was not an easy experience. The form kept me reading. Good ending.<BR/><BR/>I studied Eliot -- sometimes I think too much -- Wrote a thesis on the heroic journey, as in Campbell's heroic cycle, in Eliot's poetry and drama. At that time, I had harsh things to say and dream about Williams. I've since changed -- or reformed, not sure which -- my view. But, it took me on summer of reading Williams from start to finish. It was an adjustment for me, but I'm glad I did.sam of the ten thousand thingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04378206265831223396noreply@blogger.com