From: LouisFors <LouisFors@aol.com>
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Date: Sat, 28 Mar 1998 15:30:44 EST
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In a message dated 98-03-28 13:47:21 EST, Jinpeng wrote:

> 
>  LouisFors wrote:
>  >  Are there any scholars of American literature
>  > today--in the U.S. or abroad--who do not regard Dickinson as a great
poet?
>  > 
>  
>  Rhetorical question? Then an irrelevant answer: There are scholars who
>  regard Dickinson as a great poet because they don't understand her
>  poems.
>  
>  Jinpeng

But it's not a rhetorical question, Jinpeng.  I'm really curious.  I guess I
assume that somewhere there may be pockets of criticism that challenge ED's
place.  If ED is universally accepted as a great poet by American scholars,
then is the same true of, say, European scholars, or Asian scholars?  I admit
that it may be a naive question, but it's genuine.

Louis Forsdale