It is certainly true to say that we know little about the judgment of contemporary poetry except that it is highly soluble in time. There may be absolute external standards to judge the quality of petrol or detergent, but for art we have only the solitary communion of the individual with a particular work and its capacity to endure the acid test of time.


The London Review (Jan., 1959)

Thomas Blackburn Quotes

It is certainly true to say that we know little about the judgment of contemporary poetry except that it is highly soluble in time. There may be...

It is certainly true to say that we know little about the judgment of contemporary poetry except that it is highly soluble in time. There may be...

It is certainly true to say that we know little about the judgment of contemporary poetry except that it is highly soluble in time. There may be...

It is certainly true to say that we know little about the judgment of contemporary poetry except that it is highly soluble in time. There may be...