Comments on: ELUSIVE FORTY-FIRST SEAT /elusive-forty-first-seat/ Art and media blog of the unexpected Wed, 17 Nov 2010 00:05:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Anya Zona Libre /elusive-forty-first-seat/comment-page-1/#comment-2357 Anya Zona Libre Wed, 24 Feb 2010 01:51:15 +0000 /?p=8257#comment-2357 Kudos from one braniac to another. :) Kudos from one braniac to another. :)

]]> By: Dave /elusive-forty-first-seat/comment-page-1/#comment-1589 Dave Sun, 24 Jan 2010 03:07:27 +0000 /?p=8257#comment-1589 Living in Canada I should have picked that up! I will look at your blog. Yes, it seems to have its own form of institutional morality; it own institutional vernacular so to speak. I don't know why Hugo was so determined to get in. I have been working on this issue of tortured creator as opposed to the Mozart vision, as a recurring theme over the past six months. Thanks for your comments and feel free to stay in touch. Living in Canada I should have picked that up! I will look at your blog. Yes, it seems to have its own form of institutional morality; it own institutional vernacular so to speak. I don’t know why Hugo was so determined to get in. I have been working on this issue of tortured creator as opposed to the Mozart vision, as a recurring theme over the past six months. Thanks for your comments and feel free to stay in touch.

]]> By: WordsAndEggs /elusive-forty-first-seat/comment-page-1/#comment-1588 WordsAndEggs Sun, 24 Jan 2010 02:29:19 +0000 /?p=8257#comment-1588 Interesting piece. L'Académie Française has never been very forgiving. I'm writing my dissertation on Alfred de Vigny (contemporary of Baudelaire and Hugo), and it took several attempts to get elected (he finally was admitted in 1845). One correction: Baudelaire's famous poetry collection is titled Les Fleurs *du* Mal (instead of "de"). Minor error, but thought I'd point it out. His influence continues. I teach a course on the figure of the poète maudit/tortured poet, and we map the influences and universal themes present in texts from the 18th century to the present day. Baudelaire's a BIG one... as is Rimbaud. The Beats, Jim Morrison, Dylan... Thanks again for an interesting piece. Interesting piece. L’Académie Française has never been very forgiving. I’m writing my dissertation on Alfred de Vigny (contemporary of Baudelaire and Hugo), and it took several attempts to get elected (he finally was admitted in 1845).

One correction: Baudelaire’s famous poetry collection is titled Les Fleurs *du* Mal (instead of “de”). Minor error, but thought I’d point it out. His influence continues. I teach a course on the figure of the poète maudit/tortured poet, and we map the influences and universal themes present in texts from the 18th century to the present day. Baudelaire’s a BIG one… as is Rimbaud. The Beats, Jim Morrison, Dylan…

Thanks again for an interesting piece.

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