Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Great Regulars: [Marianne] Moore counselled that

"too stern an intellectual emphasis on this quality or that detracts from one's enjoyment". The tourist must not think too much, as Parisians do, if she is to appreciate the variety of Italy, although the mind and the heart's active participation is required to make something of the sometimes unpromising material. Being spoilt for choice allows Moore to show off both her breadth of vision and her accuracy of gaze.

The Web One Weaves of Italy

from The Times Literary Supplement: Poem of the Week: The Web One Weaves of Italy

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