March 18, 2011
Kenneth Burke: Do you Eros into Logos? (with a note on Tu Fu)
By Micah Towery
Poets who write for self-expression write awful poetry. They don’t seek advice but affirmation.
Poets who write for self-expression write awful poetry. They don’t seek advice but affirmation.
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March 11, 2011
How Tu Fu Works
By Micah Towery
We perceive a break between images and feeling. But perhaps this break is artificial. We acknowledge that images can evoke feelings, perhaps that there is an “objective correlative” that can reliably evoke feelings. But perhaps what is being suggested here is that the category break is weaker than we think. The image (object) is already interpreted: “values are the way we see things.”
We perceive a break between images and feeling. But perhaps this break is artificial. We acknowledge that images can evoke feelings, perhaps that there is an “objective correlative” that can reliably evoke feelings. But perhaps what is being suggested here is that the category break is weaker than we think. The image (object) is already interpreted: “values are the way we see things.”
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