sw00793olp-Jeremy.Prynne

   Last week a post on John Latta's blog introduced me to J. H. Prynne,
a somewhat hermetic British poet who nonetheless over the years--
in 2005 a third edition of his Poems was published--has gained a
substantial following, especially among post postmoderns in the U. S.
and among people in China (where 50,000+ copies of one of his books
were sold / and also because he has written poems in classical Chinese
under the pen name of Pu Ling-en).  [ Search  Jeremy Prynne ]  Latta's
post also led me to Simon DeDeo's 2005 blog post, and to other sites
where there were poems by him and reviews and essays about his work.
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go to John Latta's Monday January 28, 2008 post
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Simon DeDeo on Jeremy Prynne
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J. H. Prynne at Wikipedia
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Postmodernist Poets by John Holcombe
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in Jacket Magazine:
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http://jacketmagazine.com/07/prynne-jk-rm.html 
   Rod Mengham and John Kinsella
   "An Introduction to the Poetry of J. H. Prynne"
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also       at
http://jacketmagazine.com/20/pt-chinese.html  
   J. H. Prynne and Chinese poets
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a review of Prynne's Poems by Devin Johnston
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Robert Potts on Jeremy Prynne: "Through the oval window"
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[ 02-04-2008 note:  What I have linked to or pointed to above/ I
                            have read.  Each is educative and fascinating;
but, possibly due to my aesthetic openness, I remain ambivalent.
However, there are some more-settled thoughts from others.  Two
of those:  In an interview by Gopal Balakrishnan, Joshua Clover
centers on "totality"; in an essay in issue #1 of his new e-zine,
Simon DeDeo centers on "anarchy". ] 





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Brian A. J. Salchert