Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Great Regulars: The poem seems to suggest that

the film has functioned in a Freudian way. It has unlocked past trauma and provided healing, although the hovering uncertainty of "now and then" might keep optimism in check. The insistence on "heart" implies that the "breakthrough" has been accomplished not by skill or knowledge, but by art's direct appeal to the emotions. So scientific rationality, the absence of which was earlier mocked, now, after all, reveals its limitations.

[by Heather Hartley]

The Seventh Art in the Sanatorium

from Carol Rumens: The Guardian: Books blog: Poem of the week: The Seventh Art in the Sanatorium by Heather Hartley

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