Dear listmembers,
 
here's another female studying Pound.
As I noticed by now there seem to be several people on this list who used
to know Pound personally. What I am extremely interested in is Pound's
sources for his scientific knowledge. I was up to now unable to find any
written reference of his about what books he was reading, or with whom he
was talking. I'm especially concerned with the early years up to about
1920. He used examples and metaphors out of mathematics and physics in so
many of his texts, but never gives a hint where he got it from. It must
have been "in the air" at that time, but I'd still love to know a little
more about his way of studying and his sources. Probably there's no one on
this list who knew him then, but did he later read real "hardcore science"
literature? Or at least popular versions of the up-to-date-theories besides
Allen Upward who seems to have known less than Pound? What about his
pseudonym Helmholtz that he used in 1914? Do you suspect he ever read
Hermann von H.?
 
Antje Pfannkuchen
 
 
 
PS: Since Jacob Korg mentioned Mary de Rachewiltz as a prominent
participant of Pound-scholarship. Is there a possibility to get in contact
with her? Does anyone know her (e-) mail address?