tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6531553.post475953022380206161..comments2023-06-27T01:34:35.359-07:00Comments on Ted Burke LIKE IT OR NOT: Camille Paglia, wind-up firebrandTED BURKEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16610296721891201100noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6531553.post-9364891809860867312009-08-20T14:44:44.166-07:002009-08-20T14:44:44.166-07:00Your blog is interesting and this is an interestin...Your blog is interesting and this is an interesting entry.<br />It was good.<br />Thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6531553.post-17929848588816803912009-07-26T07:36:13.213-07:002009-07-26T07:36:13.213-07:00I absolutely agree. When she's good, she's...I absolutely agree. When she's good, she's very good: when she's bad, she's AWFUL. I've written about her myself in various places.<br /><br />I very much enjoyed reading this! I look forward to exploring more of your blog.Bohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10333815636018847583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6531553.post-10482509984895473182009-07-11T19:18:15.374-07:002009-07-11T19:18:15.374-07:00Egad indeed. I did like her book Break Blow Burn o...Egad indeed. I did like her book <i>Break Blow Burn</i> on what she considered the essential poems one should read; each poem was like a splendid college lecture where she parsed a poem's content in a multi-platform manner, demonstrating that when she's within her academic discipline her manner and style are riveting. If she kept literature rather than current events as her mainstay, she might have been the most interesting literary critic since Terry Eagleton (who remains my favorite); beyond that, she hasn't the wit to be a public intellectual, and that's a shame. Somewhere she assumed that an overwhelming confidence in yourself is enough for you efforts to be original and high quality. That, in itself, hardly suffices--the abilty to assess one's strengths honestly and dispatch them in their best expression also goes a long way.TED BURKEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16610296721891201100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6531553.post-72117222721226684912009-07-11T15:42:20.294-07:002009-07-11T15:42:20.294-07:00I've always loved her literal reading of Emily...I've always loved her literal reading of Emily Dickinson, but otherwise, egad!susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16934944559857117395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6531553.post-57536140337168574062009-07-09T14:48:28.800-07:002009-07-09T14:48:28.800-07:00"You can't say that in profanity class,&q..."You can't say that in profanity class," the instructor told me. "Where the heck do you think you are?"mantmarblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08350882479535662318noreply@blogger.com