On Sat, 2 Mar 2002, Justin Schwartz wrote:
> I'd been meaning to say something about this, but this is the perfect
> occasion. I hope people have been noticing Carol's recent wonderful
> discussions of poetry, showing how good and insightful literary criticism
> can be when it's handled by someone who really knows what he's talking
> about. Carrol can really open up the black box and show you the gears and
> nuts and bolts of a poem. I bet he was a super teacher. What he did in those
> post is not pointless quasi-theological dispute, its professional
> craftsmanship of a very high order. Film criticism can be like that too, see
> the work of James Agee or the early Pauline Kael, for example, not just the
> Siskel/Ebert thumbs up or down.
>
> jks
I must agree I do admire Carrol when he's in "elegant humanities professor" mode. I guess I need to learn how to appreciate the craft of analyzing art; however, I'm more drawn to artwork itself.
Miles