You Never Did

malignd at aol.com malignd at aol.com
Fri Oct 16 21:41:25 CDT 2009


ah. Thanks


-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Bailey <michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com>
To: P-list <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Fri, Oct 16, 2009 6:40 am
Subject: Re: You Never Did






On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 6:36 PM,  <malignd at aol.com> wrote:
> I don't know what this means ...
>
>
> >Some of the best poetry is opposed to folk singers.
>


oh yes:  Chaucer's "The Foule Troubadour"; Milton's "Hence, Loathed 
Folksinger"
Robert Frosting and Elizabeth Barrett Brownie's screed, "Sing along
with yourself, B*tch!"
Dante wrote a sonnet cycle on the topic as well.





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