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THE OCCASIONS

O F IRVIN G LAYTO N Mike Doyle IU LULL EXPOSURE to Irving Layton's work and character (throug h th e work i s fo r m e ver y recent Wha t i s distinctiv e abou t Layto n i s hi s energy sometime s zestful sometime s fierce, an d hi s thoroughgoin g commitmen tto his own views of humankind and human experience. A confident egotist, he is ye t "face d towar d th e stars" believin g i n himself h e ha s ha d t o struggl e mightil y fo r tha t belie f first agains t year s o f neglect the n agains t year s o f misunder -standing. Capable of generosity, tenderness, it is well-known that he has not survive d withou t bitterness H e ha s writte n ofte n o f th e spontaneit y o f hi s emo tions bu t ha s sustaine d himsel f b y mean s o f a pervasiv e

Nietzscheanism

con -vinced that the battle is to the strong. The world of human happenings fascinates him H e ma y no t lov e peopl e much o r man y o f them bu t h e i s no t indifferen t t o them Hi s poem s ar e populated Fo r mos t o f hi s caree r hi s misanthrop y i sSwiftian, affection for individuals on the one hand (even though he is often hars h toward s the m hatre d o f th e mas s an d it s abstraction s o n th e other A s i s ofte n pointe d out Layto n i s a traditionalis t i n technique Hi s caree r ha scoincided with the cult of "the new", but that is ultimately irrelevant. His own clai m tha t h e i s a fin e craftsma n wit h a near-faultles s sens e o f rhyth m i s no t to o extravagant bu t (t o us e a phras e o f El i

Mandel's

hi s earl y poem s ar e a "pell -mell scattering of images". While many have moments of penetrating beauty - a qualit y achieve d b y image intensity ton e ofte n the y ar e no t coheren t wholes bein g to o clotted over-detailed combinin g clums y synta x wit h a n over plu s o f material To o muc h happen s i n to o confine d a space bu t thi s i s asquandering of riches, disclosing eagerness to proffer the largesse available to a tru e poet Later o f course h e manage s a rang e o f traditiona lquotesdbs_dbs46.pdfusesText_46

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