10-25-2013, 12:04 AM
Ray,
That was what I was trying to say to you, viz. writers being readers of their own work. But it clashes with the idea you previously presented, viz. the reader has more say as to what a given piece of writing means.
Abu,
Yeah, this thread is kind of stupid. Ray and Billy have already convinced me as much.
I only mentioned Barthes, though, to relate to Ray, ultimately, that "readerly authority" can be a bunch of hogwash.
And yet, I still maintain that there were some powerful glimmers of the good stuff that ran through some of Pound's work. Call me crazy, unrefined, or whatever you may.
Best,
James
That was what I was trying to say to you, viz. writers being readers of their own work. But it clashes with the idea you previously presented, viz. the reader has more say as to what a given piece of writing means.
Abu,
Yeah, this thread is kind of stupid. Ray and Billy have already convinced me as much.
I only mentioned Barthes, though, to relate to Ray, ultimately, that "readerly authority" can be a bunch of hogwash.
And yet, I still maintain that there were some powerful glimmers of the good stuff that ran through some of Pound's work. Call me crazy, unrefined, or whatever you may.
Best,
James