tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post1916859690446567080..comments2023-11-22T09:11:01.567+00:00Comments on George Szirtes: The inexplicable silences betweenGeorge Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08889600788146987089noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-66025126074483754292012-03-02T19:04:03.037+00:002012-03-02T19:04:03.037+00:00My father was nominated for an Oscar (and got it, ...My father was nominated for an Oscar (and got it, in the end) so I accompanied. It was a pretty strange weekend. Returned just in time to hand in those upgrade documents. :-)James Midgleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10503416875789863643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-68088649965691081512012-03-02T16:46:54.252+00:002012-03-02T16:46:54.252+00:00What was it doing there, James? I assume the rest ...What was it doing there, James? I assume the rest of you is also there. But what's the story?George Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08889600788146987089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-80550987626906516712012-03-02T16:32:15.885+00:002012-03-02T16:32:15.885+00:00Hah, the top of my head is in the background...Hah, the top of my head is in the background...James Midgleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10503416875789863643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-87031525267680673842012-02-27T15:31:07.375+00:002012-02-27T15:31:07.375+00:00I think you're right, Danish Dog, although it ...I think you're right, Danish Dog, although it wasn't what I was talking about here, not exactly. For an actor what you become famous for haunts you throughout your life. Meryl Streep is lucky in that her appearances have been less as Meryl Streep than as other people. YOu could argue that they have been as Meryl Streep Being Other People, but that's not on the frontline. For John Wayne or Marilyn Monroe the 'quintessential' Wayne and the quintessential Monroe are what they are most famous for, and being famous for it serves as the keynote of the 'characteristic'. <br /><br />For poets, as you say, it is more complex, though the complications are not going to deter all simplification.<br /><br />Actually, This Be The Verse is quite disturbing.George Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08889600788146987089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-72867764909626792532012-02-27T15:19:16.252+00:002012-02-27T15:19:16.252+00:00In the world of poetry what is characteristic for ...In the world of poetry what is characteristic for a poet is one thing, and what he/she becomes famous for quite another. Larkin's "This Be the Verse" was a mischievous squib. Yet this is what he's most famous for. The world deliberately avoids engaging with the poet's real concerns, either because these can't be paraphrased easily, or because they are too disturbing.Danish doghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08020527943859347043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-11353455688461159652012-02-27T10:30:35.354+00:002012-02-27T10:30:35.354+00:00A friend of mine felt relieved when he retired as ...A friend of mine felt relieved when he retired as an Architecture Lecturer - "I got away with it all these years", he said. More depressingly Eliot wrote "No honest poet can ever feel quite sure of the permanent value of what he has written: he may have wasted his time and messed up his life for nothing".Tim Lovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00578925224900533603noreply@blogger.com