EPOUND-L Archives

- Ezra Pound discussion list of the University of Maine

EPOUND-L@LISTS.MAINE.EDU
Options: Use Forum View

Use Monospaced Font
Show Text Part by Default
Condense Mail Headers

Message: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Topic: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Author: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]

Print Reply
Sender:
Ezra Pound discussion list of the University of Maine <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Thu, 18 May 2000 23:50:40 +0900
Reply-To:
Ezra Pound discussion list of the University of Maine <[log in to unmask]>
Subject:
Re: Enigmatic names in early poems
MIME-Version:
1.0
Content-Transfer-Encoding:
7bit
In-Reply-To:
<[log in to unmask]>
Content-Type:
text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
From:
Hideo Nogami <[log in to unmask]>
Parts/Attachments:
text/plain (28 lines) 
I found descriptions in Ruthven (p.32-33)

Sail de Claustra was a twelfth-century Provencal Poetess.
All the women's names other than this in this poem occur
fictitiously in the literature of southern Europe.
Pound is using these names merely for their beautiful sounds.

  Hideo Nogami
  studying
  Ezra Pound and art history
  nonprofessionally
  [log in to unmask]


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ezra Pound discussion list of the University of Maine
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Jacob Korg
> Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2000 6:12 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Enigmatic names in early poems
>
>
> What are those names in "The Alchemist",Collected Early Poems, p.225,
> beginning Claustra, Aelis,Azalais.etc.?
>         And also,What is OM MANI PADME HUM,p.283?
>         I'd be grateful for enlightenment.
>

ATOM RSS1 RSS2