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From Alvin Feinman’s: Corrupted Into Song (1990)
Alvin Feinman may very well be one of the most underrated, yet powerful, modern poets I have had the pleasure of reading. I found Feinman—not wholly unsurprisingly—through Prof. Harold Bloom, whose The Western Canon, Anxiety of Influence, How to Read Poetry, among many other works, I have read and still reread incessantly. Few critics (and… Continue reading
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Emily Dickinson is a cornerstone of Western Literature
I intend this short, introductory essay to be a companion to my “Dissecting Dickinson” series in which I analyse (or, as it was, dissect) Dickinson’s poems. Each is linked here:From Blank to Blank —My Wheel Is in the Dark!The Guest Is Gold and Crimson Within Harold Bloom’s The Western Canon there are approximately 800 authors,… Continue reading
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Dissecting Dickinson: From Blank to Blank —
This is the third “Dissecting Dickinson” issue; for the previous two, see The Guest is gold and crimson and My wheel is in the dark!, of which the links have been provided. Poem 761: From Blank to Blank — dated about 1863 — is possibly one of my favourite Dickinson poems, and I share Harold… Continue reading
The Western Canon 