Barbara Everett of The Independent described the language of the book as "dislocated, dehistoricised, only making meaning if treated as a purely verbal pleasure. Language used like this restricts itself to an excessively thin power of expression. At the precise point at which the reader might trust a poetic world or style, the poem changes gear." Everett continued: "The most intellectually classy of early Christian heresies was Gnosticism, which denied the real existence of bodies, or their importance (if they existed): Jesus may have been born, but he certainly didn't die. The post-modern feeling for language is similar: words may be written, but can't mean. The result in Ashbery's case is some interesting exercises du style. But real poems are being written in England, in Australia, the Caribbean and the US by at least a dozen English-speaking poets who are committed to a language that lives and dies."[1]
hotel, lautréamont, 1992, poetry, collection, american, writer, john, ashbery, title, comes, from, symbolist, poet, comte, lautréamont, first, editionauthorjohn, ashberycover, artistjoseph, cornellcountryunited, stateslanguageenglishpublisheralfred, knopfpubli. Hotel Lautreamont is a 1992 poetry collection by the American writer John Ashbery The title comes from the symbolist poet Comte de Lautreamont Hotel LautreamontFirst editionAuthorJohn AshberyCover artistJoseph CornellCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishPublisherAlfred A KnopfPublication date1992Pages157ISBN0679415122Reception editBarbara Everett of The Independent described the language of the book as dislocated dehistoricised only making meaning if treated as a purely verbal pleasure Language used like this restricts itself to an excessively thin power of expression At the precise point at which the reader might trust a poetic world or style the poem changes gear Everett continued The most intellectually classy of early Christian heresies was Gnosticism which denied the real existence of bodies or their importance if they existed Jesus may have been born but he certainly didn t die The post modern feeling for language is similar words may be written but can t mean The result in Ashbery s case is some interesting exercises du style But real poems are being written in England in Australia the Caribbean and the US by at least a dozen English speaking poets who are committed to a language that lives and dies 1 See also edit1992 in poetry American literatureReferences edit Everett Barbara 1993 02 20 Blue snow and green cream The Independent Retrieved 2012 03 22 nbsp This poetry related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Hotel Lautreamont amp oldid 962328273, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
