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Re: THOUGHT on Shade as poet
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On Jan 17, 2010, at 5:22 PM, John Morris wrote:
>> the poem is, let's face it, Nabokovian in the highest degree!
I think the greatness of a piece of art precedes the reputation of its
creator.
Genius sometimes stumbles, the mediocre sometimes succeed.
I think the value of PF, the poem, is to be found, then,
chiefly within the poem itself.
Indeed, it detracts from the [aesthetic] wholeness [integrity] of a
piece
if it depends too much on its commentary for its goodness,
Practically, it makes it difficult to recite,
as the audience needs more information than what the poem-as-script
provides.
> he offered long excerpts from the poem at public readings
I'm very interested in VN's public readings though,
and would like to know more them,
and especially if available online.
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