Comments on: The Art of the Sentence: Aaron Hamburger http://www.tinhouse.com/blog/14331/the-art-of-the-sentence.html Home of the magazine, the books, and the conference Mon, 20 May 2013 07:45:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Rules for Poets: 3 — Poetry is Poetry Not Because of What It Says But Because of How It Says It « teoppoet — poetteop http://www.tinhouse.com/blog/14331/the-art-of-the-sentence.html#comment-7304 Rules for Poets: 3 — Poetry is Poetry Not Because of What It Says But Because of How It Says It « teoppoet — poetteop Fri, 30 Mar 2012 02:36:45 +0000 http://www.tinhouse.com/blog/?p=14331#comment-7304 [...] from Tin House [...] [...] from Tin House [...]

]]> By: David http://www.tinhouse.com/blog/14331/the-art-of-the-sentence.html#comment-7282 David Tue, 27 Mar 2012 22:31:11 +0000 http://www.tinhouse.com/blog/?p=14331#comment-7282 Thanks for this. A couple thoughts: What fascinates me is the way Walter, out of context, is not at all far from Nick Adams or some other Wordsworth-like character. The differences, to me, are twofold: 1) Lawrence is mapping out his own history and the character is damned from the outset, and 2) Agenda aside, Hemingway and Wordsworth see such naturalism from a reductionist perspective; a balm for the over-sophisticated soul whose connection with the majesty and and suffusive grandeur has become attenuated. Walter, by contrast, is a beast evolved if not born. The coarseness is not predicated on an awareness of the more subtle joys, though Lawrence's use of the word 'pleasant' to me indicates there is nothing evil or malicious, just mundane. In fact, it may be ironic that Walter's most gentle word in that quote was used to voice his dislike of time with his family. He is a fine satyr though. Thank you again! Thanks for this. A couple thoughts:

What fascinates me is the way Walter, out of context, is not at all far from Nick Adams or some other Wordsworth-like character. The differences, to me, are twofold: 1) Lawrence is mapping out his own history and the character is damned from the outset, and 2) Agenda aside, Hemingway and Wordsworth see such naturalism from a reductionist perspective; a balm for the over-sophisticated soul whose connection with the majesty and and suffusive grandeur has become attenuated. Walter, by contrast, is a beast evolved if not born. The coarseness is not predicated on an awareness of the more subtle joys, though Lawrence’s use of the word ‘pleasant’ to me indicates there is nothing evil or malicious, just mundane. In fact, it may be ironic that Walter’s most gentle word in that quote was used to voice his dislike of time with his family.

He is a fine satyr though.

Thank you again!

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