http://cosmopoetica.com/blog/story/bap-2009-foreword-intro/ Writing, Literature, Art, Music, etc. Mon, 30 Aug 2010 04:47:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://cosmopoetica.com/blog/story/bap-2009-foreword-intro/comment-page-1/#comment-86218 Jared Stein Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:44:04 +0000 http://cosmopoetica.com/blog/?p=1767#comment-86218 I'm glad you tackled the forward and the intro. Aside from what you've revealed to be a misrepresentation of the Guriel piece (which I hadn't read), I enjoyed the opening essays, and found that they bolstered my confidence in the selections I was about to read. As I pointed out earlier, the Lehman article especially helped me find a comfortable posture in favor of enlightening, positive-seeking criticism; I personally have found that consciously hostile criticism and a cyncial, even prejudicial, attitude is indeed injurious for one's soul. It is also addictive. I’m glad you tackled the forward and the intro. Aside from what you’ve revealed to be a misrepresentation of the Guriel piece (which I hadn’t read), I enjoyed the opening essays, and found that they bolstered my confidence in the selections I was about to read. As I pointed out earlier, the Lehman article especially helped me find a comfortable posture in favor of enlightening, positive-seeking criticism; I personally have found that consciously hostile criticism and a cyncial, even prejudicial, attitude is indeed injurious for one’s soul. It is also addictive.

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