And how can poetry stand up against its new conditions? Its position is perfectly precarious.
John C. Ransom
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- The arts generally have had to recognize Modernism - how should poetry escape?
- And how can poetry stand up against its new conditions? Its position is perfectly precarious.
- For no art and no religion is possible until we make allowances, until we manage to keep quiet the enfant terrible of logic that plays havoc with the other faculties.