tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6004423696675838467.post3231824583539895777..comments2024-03-14T02:24:22.876-07:00Comments on Essay Daily: Talk About the Essay: Will Slattery: Impressions and Preliminary Maxims Gleaned from Teaching High School Creative WritingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6004423696675838467.post-44423153742998918712017-10-19T15:23:18.643-07:002017-10-19T15:23:18.643-07:00I'm sure they are aware that it blows.I'm sure they are aware that it blows.Anderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13162102610439637214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6004423696675838467.post-74281699840459955202017-10-12T05:49:39.967-07:002017-10-12T05:49:39.967-07:00Thanks, Will. A interesting read. Seems to me like...Thanks, Will. A interesting read. Seems to me like you're both lamenting and celebrating the Romantic legacy: how great that these students aren't yet corrupted by the distinctions and concerns fretted over by acculturated essayists like us and at the same time how sad that they believe in innate genius or innate interest, as though these were natural givens rather than the result of acculturation, through an artist's education, practice, etc. The ability to cultivate the divine detail and live in light of it likely goes hand in hand with the ability to understand the importance of essaying, attempting, and how Montaigne revolutionized literature by making the everyday, non-Romantic self a valid focus of our attention. How do your students feel about Ander's poetry?Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10884498346855741172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6004423696675838467.post-87586682155691778882017-10-12T05:21:44.756-07:002017-10-12T05:21:44.756-07:00Love this, Will. Thanks.Love this, Will. Thanks.Alison Deminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14399477448752763997noreply@blogger.com