Trolling has to do with weird creatures who deliberately
try to destroy lists by creating destructive arguments
which alienate the participants so they won't participate
or so that they leave the list.

The Mcluhan-L list at the U of Toronto has experienced
that in a pretty drastic way. A few times, some weirdos
tried to do the same to the Eliot list, but unfortunately
they didn't know the subject well enough to get the job done.

William Pratt of this list did indeed supply me with a
reference for the back door comment. Kenner refers to
it in T.S.ELIOT: A COLLECTION OF lITERARY ESSAYS
Prentice Hall, 1962: 5. Fortunately I have the book,
and indeed it is there.

Best wishes,
Peter

-----Original Message-----
From: Chapman
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: 2004-Nov-14 5:51 AM
Subject: Re: trolling

Hi Peter,

I would think you mean troll as in 'trolling?': mixing dogs, persons who
fish with netting and stunted, ugly creatures together?

I had a look in Kenner's 'Art of Poetry' for the back door quote. He has
a
section on traditions there that I hoped might be useful. Alas, it
wasn't
so. To your knowledge has anyone on this list located the source of that
interesting reference?

Cheers,
Chris.

-----Original Message-----
From: - Ezra Pound discussion list of the University of Maine
[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Peter Montgomery
Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2004 6:08 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: trolling


I'm curious. Has this list ever been dogged by trolls
as the Eliot list has? (sorry for the mixed metaphor)

Cheers,
Peter