From: Dadaists@yabbs
To: all@yabbs
Subject: re: SORRY!
Date: Wed May  4 14:15:31 1994

I think that Eliot might have a hard time with your statement (not to 
mention contemporary poetry).  His stuff was several layers deep with 
references and often meant to be difficult to read.  Note, for example, 
the Greek and Latin in The Wasteland, as if the English isn't hard enough! 
 Sure, Eliot would scoff at a lot of stuff today.  And sure, his 
cats-related stuff was fun.  But rather than being avante-garde for its 
own sake, I think that Eliot's poetry more nearly tried to be art for 
art's sake.  If you read Eliot as a reaction against Romanticism, this 
becomes a little clearer.
Thanks.
-Dadaists