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Where was it that Pound had referred to Pindar as "the prize windbag of antiquity"?
Tim Romano
Jonathan Morse wrote:
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> 9. Nevertheless, sursum corda. The text of Pound's own diagnosis is badly
> garbled in the old Paige _Selected Letters_ (no. 328, p. 295), but some
> meaning does come through the static. "A man can read a thousand or 5000 or
> whatever books," says Pound, "but to suppose that they will be the _same_
> 1000 or 5000 after new treasure is available than there were in 1500 is to
> relapse into habit." Pound is talking here about the classics; specifically
> Pindar, whom he considers no longer worth reading. Substitute the name
> "Kenner" and interesting possibilities arise.
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