Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Great Regulars: But more to the point,

it has to do with the line between public and private art, between what writers (or singers) create for public consumption and what they create for themselves. In much the way Bob Dylan did with "The Basement Tapes," [Clinton] Heylin argues, Shakespeare used the sonnets to try new things, including writing in a nakedly autobiographical voice. Would he have been so daring if he had been writing for an audience? Would he have felt so free?

from David L. Ulin: Los Angeles Times: Jacket Copy: Shakespeare: the immortal bard(s)?

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