Our contempt for any particular poem must be perfect, be total, because only a ruthless reading that allows us to measure the gap between the actual and the virtual will enable to to experience, if not a genuine poemno such thinga place for the genuine, whatever that might mean.
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About Ben Lerner, The Hatred of Poetry
Ben Lerner, The Hatred of Poetry.
Themes
- Experience — Learning through living, doing, and facing the world