I distrust both the "Robert Frost was a monster!" & "He so wasn't!" phases because each was so very of their time.
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Replying to @JimHenleyMusic2 replies 1 retweet 0 likes
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Replying to @henryfarrell
@henryfarrell@UOJim "He's a monster" was reaction to his early (false) reputation as upbeat, apple-cheeked Yankee versifier.2 replies 1 retweet 0 likes -
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@HeerJeet@henryfarrell He was actually the great poet of Skeptics. It's super-important, for example, that the "Two Witches" *aren't*.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @JimHenleyMusic
@UOJim@henryfarrell That's interesting point. All the other major poets of his era (except maybe Stevens) lacked skeptical faculty.3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@HeerJeet@henryfarrell +had either the decency to be too ashamed to be public about it or at least a sense of discretion.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @JimHenleyMusic
@UOJim@henryfarrell Isn't that more just Yankee pragmatism: racism is private hunch but I'm not going to make an program out of it.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@HeerJeet@henryfarrell Well, Lovecraft & Stevens were both Yankees.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@UOJim @henryfarrell Point taken. Maybe skepticism you identified is more likely explanation.
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