Talk:James Merrill
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James Merrill was a good article nominee, but did not meet the good article criteria at the time. There are suggestions below for improving the article. Once these are addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake. Reviewed version: August 19, 2006 |
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[edit] Good article nomination failed
This article lacks citations and references. Furthermore, the article could be made a lot easier to read with better partitioning of headings/subheadings. Really though, any stylistic criticism would have to wait, because without references, things are unverifiable. Futhermore, because of the language of the introductory sentence (which should be expanded), it sounds a bit less than NPOV. This article, with some work, should pass GA status easily, but I regret to say it isn't ready for that yet. Chuchunezumi 04:30, 19 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] The Black Swan
The link to his "The Black Swan" takes us to a different novel. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by T3gk (talk • contribs) 05:45, 26 February 2007 (UTC).
[edit] The two periods of Merrill's poetry
The article ought to address more clearly the break between Merrill's pre-Ouija Board lyric poetry and his obsessive metaphysical quest in "The Changing Light at Sandover." These two bodies of work are each important and influential in different ways, and the turn from one to the other is the defining feature of his career. I added a sentence to the article's introduction characterizing his work in this way. Llajwa 23:23, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:JamesMerrill.JPG
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BetacommandBot (talk) 22:39, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
