My thoughts exactly

Once again, Dan Green nails it:

In my opinion, to value fiction (or film) primarily for its ability to "make sense" through story is to move it even farther away from poetry (itself the fountainhead of all literature) and to align it with--even make it subservient to--all those other areas of inquiry where "understanding" reigns, however intuitive or partial such understanding might be where literature is concerned.

This makes me want to get back to my James Longenbach reading... (And all my other reading for that matter!)