http://plasmapool.org/2009/08/19/tragedy-and-the-creative-impulse/ a set of sharp and cogent notes Thu, 03 Nov 2011 21:19:08 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://plasmapool.org/2009/08/19/tragedy-and-the-creative-impulse/comment-page-1/#comment-3460 caldwell Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:16:08 +0000 http://plasmapool.org/?p=3138#comment-3460 actually, i don't mention poetic genre at all; nor do i think that what i've said precludes the possibility of elegiac writing. the point is that i think that there's a substantial difference between, say, writing an elegy & simply "writing what you feel," & i would argue that any elegy that only writes what its author feels is a very sorry elegy indeed. for the writer, tragic experience is not its own end; between tragic experience & what one makes of it is the moment of poetry. actually, i don’t mention poetic genre at all; nor do i think that what i’ve said precludes the possibility of elegiac writing. the point is that i think that there’s a substantial difference between, say, writing an elegy & simply “writing what you feel,” & i would argue that any elegy that only writes what its author feels is a very sorry elegy indeed. for the writer, tragic experience is not its own end; between tragic experience & what one makes of it is the moment of poetry.

]]> http://plasmapool.org/2009/08/19/tragedy-and-the-creative-impulse/comment-page-1/#comment-3459 john collins Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:53:14 +0000 http://plasmapool.org/?p=3138#comment-3459 it seems that you leave out entirely the category of elegy. it seems that you leave out entirely the category of elegy.

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