Ever see Riverdance? That crazy sort-of-Irish quasi-folk mess with long rows of people dancing from the waist down? People, "the masses" out there, love that shit. There are several different touring companies of Riverdance on the road at all times just to keep up with the demand.Kalli said:...what is the point of even writing academic criticism on Bukowski...?
You mean "Charles Bukowski at midflight" from It Catches?cirerita said:Corrington's article is pretty good, where the famous "nailed to the paper" statement appears for the first time.
cirerita said:-Charlson, Jon, Charles Bukowski: Autobiographer, Gender Critic, Iconoclast. Kansas University, Kansas, July 1995. [Originally a dissertation, published as a book in 2005]
There are many more, but these ones should give you an idea of the critical works on B.
cirerita said:Corrington's article is pretty good, where the famous "nailed to the paper" statement appears for the first time.
https://bukowskiforum.com/showthread.php?p=3406Kalli said:which Corrington article?
where?btw: I found an interesting Law Journal analysis of the Corrington/Bukowski correspondance..
Kalli said:I can't find a copy through the library system here, either. I wonder if it was called something else when it was a dissertation...
also, Fox's book lists quite a few articles on Buk in his bibliography, mostly reviews, but I hope to get my hands on copies of some. the early crit is so congratulatory and full of praise, it makes me happy. later stuff dwells on a feeling of repetition--what's wrong with repetition?
Haha, that's funny I found the same thing and saved the PDF to my computer. I love Academic Search Premier. If you know of any other worthwhile databases (preferably literature and film) let me know. I'm too lazy to browse them myself.Kalli said:i found it on Academic Search Premier, also apparently available at
Hein On-line: http://www.heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/lstf27
I know, I know, we're just pathetic :Dmjp said:What a bunch of Corrington-ist academic snobs!
Ninjerk said:I love Academic Search Premier. If you know of any other worthwhile databases (preferably literature and film) let me know. I'm too lazy to browse them myself.
I wish I owned smog.com. I could sell it to some California company and live off the proceeds for a few years.Kalli said:speaking of snobs, who was the fella' who posted on smog.com that was all cranky about people changing his bukowski wikipedia entries...i have my suspicions, but yet i wonder...hmmm. ;)
She's quite a well-known poet, and was also, coincidentally, published by Black Sparrow.Kalli said:I found an interview there with a poet named Wanda Coleman who cites Bukowski as an influence, I'll post the quote sometime, it's really quite funny.
I particularly liked that little bit about goofy contractions. I had a little chuckle to myself.mjp said:On smog.net - yes, that was me, griping about wikipedia, which I thought was an insane thing long before they gutted my Bukowski contributions. Still do.
Kalli said:I found an interview there with a poet named Wanda Coleman who cites Bukowski as an influence, I'll post the quote sometime...
i'm going to write my masters thesis on bukowski, but my anxiety of influence is really bringing me down...how does a gal figure out how to write about bukowski without sounding like she wants to sound like bukowski?
It's temporary. He/she will get a second chance. Just got off to a less than stellar start."gone but not forgotten"