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To: Haim R. Branisteanu who wrote (169972)	3/28/2021 2:07:35 PM
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Yes. I rather like Ibsen, but as with all other Nordic literature, perhaps best appreciated in small doses... and as with all other poetry, best appreciated when in the right mood for the particular author or style... noting also that poets do tend to be inspired by dark moods and dark moments more often than those that elevate. I find Ibsen interesting for a reason others might not... I think as a man of his age he well represents the transition to modernity in poetry... a Nordic Walt Whitman if you will. And in the comparison, I appreciate Ibsen for participating less voluntarily. Not that I don't recognize or appreciate Whitman's art... but I also note the difference as more narrative styles of poetry require vastly different skills in wordsmithing... fewer collisions in collusions over allusions to allisions... less word play... and art lost in the skill required to embed ideas within a work while structuring it... without the structure detracting from the concept addressed. More narrative styles are easy... lazy... less fun... must be appreciated differently... and certainly define in literature a turning of the page in history... where my preferences in both literature and history tend to lie to the left... Which doesn't make me dismissive of Walt Whitman, exactly... even if I do think the best thing about Leaves of Grass in my own appreciation is the title... I can still see that it recruited a new generation into an engagement they'd otherwise have skipped. I find Ibsen a better bridge that softens the transition. The text does note: "HÂrdrÂder, the great Norwegian warrior, leader of the Varangian mercenaries in Constantinople before he became King of Norway in 1047; as claimant to the English throne he fought, and was killed, at Stamford Bridge in 1066" which bit i didn't recall being highlighted in my prior study of the period, perhaps overlooked as only the precursor to the Norman invasion and the battle of Hastings. It is interesting to note the "what if" potential in the Aftermath... but of more utility, in the end, even with the victory won, to note that the outcome that mattered was defined by the victory being too costly to be sustained... Which is perhaps the most relevant element in this post in context of our own world...

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