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Originally Posted by Hamlet53
So is your resistance to Heany based on having read much of his poetry? I ask because aside from listening to bits of his work in the NPR broadcast I referenced in my nomination, and reading his excellent verse translation of Beowulf I have never read any of his works.
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I have never read any complete books, as when browsing them I found them "too much", he is a bit overwhelming for me with his language (see e.g.
Death of a naturalist. It is an issue of taste, though, and a large chunk of the world disagrees with me - of course I do not question his amazing craft, and although I probably would no read him on my own in the immediate future, I might end up glad that the reading group has compelled me to read it
