Tuesday, February 27, 2007

Great Regulars: [Craig Raine] does not understand

that Eliot's poetry is not a question of meaning in the first place. The meaning of a poem for Eliot was a fairly trifling matter. It was, he once remarked, like the piece of meat which the burglar throws to the guard dog to keep him occupied.

from Terry Eagleton: Prospect Magazine: Raine's sterile thunder

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