I would add to Michael's point, the additional one that it is very hard
(from a standing start) to make much of Pound WITHOUT reading all the prose,
which is not anything like the job of reading all of Solzhenitsyn, because
Pound was careful, knowing his own tendency to "obscurity," to leave a very
clearly marked trail throughout, really, all his active life. The trail is
in the prose. I think Kenner noted that years ago. Tom White

> From: Michael Springate <[log in to unmask]>
> Reply-To: - Ezra Pound discussion list of the University of Maine
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> Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2003 18:09:43 -0500
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> Subject: Re: Today, I am an elitist
>
> Stoner
>
> I confess I don't understand what you are saying nine tenths of the time, and
> the other tenth leaves me uncertain that you are faring any better. I do
> sense a lot of anxiety about belonging or not belonging.
>
> However, I can't help but ask if you have read Pound's radio broadcasts,
> which you don't mention. They are available. They are his attempt at putting
> his political views "in a nutshell".
>
> I wouldn't call them edifying, but If you are serious about the politics of
> Pound, both his own understanding of what he wanted to communicate and the
> meaning of that in an historical context, they are necessary reading.
>
> Michael