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Post by turoldus on Jun 30, 2011 16:26:41 GMT
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Post by sandwiches on Jul 1, 2011 10:32:34 GMT
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Post by sandwiches on Jul 1, 2011 14:09:12 GMT
islamversuseurope.blogspot.com/2011/06/johann-haris-interview-with-ts-eliot.htmlJohann Hari's Interview With T.S. Eliot Hari: What would you say is the cruellest month, T.S?
T.S: April is the cruellest month.
Hari: How would you characterise it?
T.S: Breeding lilacs out of the dead land.
Hari: Does it stir memories for you?
T.S: Mixing memory and desire, stirring
Dull roots with spring rain.
Hari: I bet you're glad the winter's over.
T.S: Winter kept us warm, covering
Earth in forgetful snow, feeding
A little life with dried tubers.
Hari: How about the summer? Down the beach were you?
T.S: Summer surprised us, coming over the Starnbergersee
With a shower of rain; we stopped in the colonnade,
And went on in sunlight, into the Hofgarten,
And drank coffee, and talked for an hour.
Hari: That's nice. Did you write any poetry there?
T.S: Nah, couldn't be bothered.
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Post by sandwiches on Jul 12, 2011 19:35:13 GMT
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Post by fortigurn on Jul 13, 2011 1:18:50 GMT
It seems to be the spirit of the times that we are discovering that that the fashionable and the powerful have feet of clay? Yet odd how no-one dares say these things until they are long overdue for saying? It seems to be an advanced case of 'emperor's new clothes' syndrome. Very Victorian |
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Post by hawkinthesnow on Jul 13, 2011 20:19:01 GMT
Hardly plagiarism is it? Hari isn't quoting someone else's words as his own. He is quoting the interviewee's own words. His failure to clarify that these were not the words said in the interview shows poor judgement I think, but not much more. What a storm in a teacup!
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