Talk:Objective correlative

Wikification[edit]

The format of the article was terrible, so I've cleaned it up and clarified the concepts and informational progression, but greater literary explanation is needed concerning the "Theory of Objective Correlative" section, preferably submitted by an editor with a more erudite knowledge on the concept.

Exemplar sententia 08:40, 14 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Removed Macleish example[edit]

I've removed the following example from the article:

(begin removed example)

"Archibald Macleish" does this effectively in his poem "Ars Poetica" in these lines:

     For all the history of grief
     An empty doorway and a maple leaf
   
                 . . .

     For love
     The leaning grasses and two lights above the sea

(end removed text) ... this looks like original research ... and I'm not convinced that this is really what Eliot is talking about (they seem more like examples of deep image at least as Robert Bly conceived it) ... could we have some cited material on objective correlative? Stumps 13:28, 21 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Article Should Include, Fairly Early On, Some Concrete Examples of Objective Correlatives in Literature[edit]

The article should include, fairly early on, some concrete examples of objective correlatives in literature. Remember Wikipedia is for the general public, it's not supposed to be an encoded echo-chamber for academics.

Sean7phil (talk) 19:17, 3 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Quote by Washington Allston[edit]

I added a short sentence to the beginning of the quote by Washington Allston. It is silly to present the quote without it... the line the quote previously began with refers to a common vegetable, but you have no way of knowing that without the preceding line, which I've now inserted.

Chicopac (talk) 19:24, 26 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]