tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1794978458772149149.post6421161856867535938..comments2023-10-25T07:38:16.249-07:00Comments on Green Thoughts: The Tiresias of Word-GeekdomRenaissance Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06243095907452011303noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1794978458772149149.post-34416020929662677182008-02-20T07:30:00.000-08:002008-02-20T07:30:00.000-08:00I was surprised, at the end, that you so clearly i...I was surprised, at the end, that you so clearly identified poetry as the more difficult composition. I expected you to hedge, to say something to the effect that each form of writing has its own challenges etc... it's interesting to me that the choice is so clear for you. But then, I've never written poetry.<BR/><BR/>I am interested, however, in the ways in which the ideals of scholarly language often exclude attention to form. In history, this quite likely is a stronger drive than in literature: there's a value placed upon "pure" exposition and a devaluing, in many cases, of literary tropes like metaphor or alliteration (both of which I like and use). As a result, I find many historical monographs dreadfully dry -- I cannot understand this opposition at all.squadratomagicohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07977502780584567298noreply@blogger.com