Dan,
There's no such thing as an "*objective* assessment of ... literary worth"
(emphasis mine).  Criticism, any way you slice it, is Persuasion.  On the
other hand, Pound's influence upon the course of literature in the 20th
century is an historical fact; any literary history (or university program
purporting to instruct students in literary history) that left him out of
the picture would be guilty of a grievous error of omission.
Tim Romano
P.S. I gather Pound is still being taught in 2005?

At 11:57 AM 12/27/05 -0500, Daniel Pearlman wrote:
>Stoner,
>You have to remember that most of the members of this list, at least of the
>active ones, have a professional investment in Pound studies.  This fact
>bodes ill for any objective assessment of Pound's literary worth coming
>from this group.  I'm afraid you'll have to rest content in your own
>judgment, which I hope you'll always keep open to challenge.  Or else wait
>fifty years and see if the universities have still managed to keep Pound
>relevant and alive.
>==Dan P