Re: David Dabydeen The Intended Pdf Free
Bok Mull
Much of my work is influenced by a passion for performance poetry (poetry that is written to be orally transmitted although it may also stand up on the page) and The Wife of Bafa is no exception. Dramatic monologues are made for performance and I decided my character would be delivering her tale to a London audience. But the intended audience is clearly much wider than that. I have performed the poem in a wide range of countries from The Czech Republic to Namibia and individual readers I've never met have also read it. The truth of it is, I wrote the poem (as I write all poems) initially for myself. The character had already existed for 600 years: I was simply transposing her into the late 20th century.
One of the reasons I love writing is that it enables me to reach a point where I'm no longer in control, when the subconscious takes over. That's when the writing really flows. It has recently been pointed out to me that the end of The Pardoner's Tale also heavily influences the Wife of Bafa. Having told his moral tale, the pardoner then tries to sell fake pardons to his fellow pilgrims. Although I intended my character to be selling the genuine article, I was not conscious of the influence of the other text. Yet I studied The Pardoner's Tale for A' level. As a writer, it's impossible to remember or even be conscious of every inspiration.
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