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This seems an unsatisfactory pairing ofopposites; surely it is not enough to save poetryfrom the theorists if one immediately turns itover to the greeting-card industry. Koch'saversion to the New Critical attitude that thelinguistic surfaces of poems necessarily mask a"hidden meaning" is well-founded--and there is noreason to think that Koch himself would sell theMuses to Hallmark if given the chance--but iftaken too far in the direction Koch's attitudesuggests, it jeopardizes any continuingintellectual interest in poetry at all.Meaning, too, has its claims...
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