@matthunte @MAOrthofer Never quite understood conservatives' enthusiasm for Davenport. He was a modernist, and not politically conservative.
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@greenlitcrit@matthunte But haven't (US style academic) 'conservatives' always had a soft spot for (especially literary) modernism ?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@MAOrthofer@matthunte Not really, at least not when modernism is understood as an "experimental" movement.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@greenlitcrit@MAOrthofer But what about Eliot, Pound, Wyndham Lewis and Hugh Kenner?2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@matthunte@MAOrthofer Kenner's an anomaly. He did value modernist literature, but I doubt many of his colleagues at NR really did.4 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@greenlitcrit@MAOrthofer Well according to@HeerJeet he was something of an odd duck: http://www.jeetheer.com/culture/kenner.htm …3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@matthunte @greenlitcrit @MAOrthofer Kenner published W.C.Williams poem in NR & got howls of protests from readers who said WCW a lefty.
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