By Adam SediaFeb 127 minYeats and the OccultModernism produces obscure poetry because it denies the existence of absolute truth. Without a fundamental truth to reveal, poetry is...
By Adam SediaAug 12, 202223 minClarity and Obscurity:The Essences of Classicism and Modernism ComparedClassical and modern poetry are inarguably different. Indeed, modernism’s chief boast is its break with classicism and tradition more...
By Adam SediaSep 15, 202041 minClarity and Obscurity: Eliot's MasksT.S. Eliot means many things to many different people. Like Yeats he won the Nobel Prize in Literature. In the academy he numbers among...
By Adam SediaMar 17, 201920 minClarity and Obscurity: The Essences of Classicism and Modernism Compared Part II -''Concreteness''In my last essay, I discussed the difference between classical and modernist poetry as a difference of worldviews. Classicism views the...