Literature should not be changed to remove 'complexities', says poet Michael Longley
Throughout his career he has witnessed huge societal change.
In recent times there have been examples of the re-editing of works of literature to fit modern outlooks."There's an attempt, various attempts, by ill-advised educationalists to apologise in a way for the complexities and difficulties of literature by simplifying them or replacing them with more simple-minded writing," he said.With that in mind he believes that poets must stay true to their work if they are to produce memorable pieces.
"If you are really writing well there is the space between the lines where what is happening - that you don't understand and nobody understands, will in a mysterious way be registered. "In other words, you don't write true poetry by sitting down and saying: 'I want to write a true poem about the Northern Irish problem or Rwanda or wherever'.
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