Daniel and others still there,
    "Moral equivalency" to me in the  sense of Pound's synchronicity seems
to be the more transparent manifestation of what he meant by "authority" as
it "comes from right reason". Perhaps that was a quote from Jefferson, but
it seems  to be a more transcendent quality than morality which would
naturally follow it. Then also aesthetic is often the vehicle to transport
it from one time to another so as it steps in and out of time among those
who most deserve it. Pound really held great culture in high esteem. How
would he live today?

    "...as for literature
"It gives no man a sinecure.

"And no one knows, at sight, a masterpiece.
"And give up verse, my boy,
"There's nothing in it."
                (Mauberley)

Charles

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>From: Daniel Pearlman <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Date: Mon, Jul 1, 2002, 1:04 PM
>

> If I understand Maya's use of "synchronicity" correctly, the simple
> answer is that Pound's is not a chronologically organized epic but
> one in which events that have occurred at different historical times
> are presented alongside each other in a timeless "space" in which
> the connective tissue is that of moral equivalency.
> ==Dan
>
> At 09:45 PM 07/01/2002 +0500, you wrote:
>>Dear Poundians:
>>I am doing my MA in American Studies and I've started studying the
>>''Cantos''. I haven't chosen the exact angle or perspective to deal with
>>this broad phenomenon yet. I am now trying to understand it just as one
>>whole epic poem and then decide on the particular approach.
>>It would be very nice of you if you could explain to me how exactly is the
>>synchronic method expressed in ''Cantos''? You know, I read that the Chinese
>>poetry is synchronic and Pound took this very synchronicity from it. But I'd
>>like you to tell me more exactly what it means. Moreover, I can't understand
>>why English language can be admitted to have diachronic sense (opposed to
>>Chinese poetry).
>>Thanks,
>>Maya.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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