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Thursday, June 12, 2003
posted by gbarto at 12:40 AM:
Beautiful post on warring poetry at Natalie Solent. Natalie isn't sure about poets outside the English tradition, so I'll note that Victor Hugo took up arms to defend the Second Republic in June, 1848. Flaubert - a novelist, not a poet, strictly speaking - did the same in March of that year and also prepared to lead troops against the Prussians in 1870 (France fell before his unit saw action). What this is about, of course, is that poets are supposed to see revealed truth, so if you can find a pacifist poet, ta da, you've your proof that peace is the way to go. But the presence of more hawkish poets mars the picture. I guess they weren't really poets, couldn't see that revealed truth. Which ends up meaning that if you write in incomplete sentences and oppose war you're a poet. Hmmm. I'm halfway there. That said, I don't think one can seriously claim to understand poetry and dismiss the likes of Homer, Virgil, Tennyson, et al., including France's luminary Hugo. And let's not forget the Chanson de Roland.* * *
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