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MedeaLysistrata 11/06/21 5:47:52 PM #1:	"Bloom attempted to trace the psychological process by which poets broke free from their precursors to achieve their own poetic vision. He drew a sharp distinction between "strong poets" who perform "strong misreadings" of their precursors, and "weak poets" who simply repeat the ideas of their precursors as though following a kind of doctrine. He described this process in terms of a sequence of "revisionary ratios", through which each strong poet passes in the course of their career." (From the wiki page on Harold Bloom) Is he suggesting that the entire point of reading something is to make it say what you want it to? What are revisionary ratios? --- "Why is ontology so expensive?" - JH [Is this live?][Joyless planet...] <cite>MedeaLysistrata posted [p:959757287] in Strong mis... [t:79747035]...</cite> <quote>"Bloom attempted to trace the psychological process by which poets broke free from their precursors to achieve their own poetic vision. He drew a sharp distinction between "strong poets" who perform "strong misreadings" of their precursors, and "weak poets" who simply repeat the ideas of their precursors as though following a kind of doctrine. He described this process in terms of a sequence of "revisionary ratios", through which each strong poet passes in the course of their career." (From the wiki page on Harold Bloom) Is he suggesting that the entire point of reading something is to make it say what you want it to? What are revisionary ratios? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MedeaLysistrata 11/06/21 6:09:00 PM #2:	Who even cares about GTA songs, post here --- "Why is ontology so expensive?" - JH [Is this live?][Joyless planet...] <cite>MedeaLysistrata posted [p:959757806] in Strong mis... [t:79747035]...</cite> <quote>Who even cares about GTA songs, post here </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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