I think you'll find a few useful words on Coke in the Cantos in my book
'Pound's Cantos', reprinted Johns Hopkins UP, 1992, pp. 283-87.  There I
particularly take issue with Davie.
                                    Peter Makin
 
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> From: Amy E. Thomas <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: The Coke Cantos
> Date: Tuesday, January 26, 1999 9:07 AM
>
> I'm wondering if anyone would like to share thoughts on the Coke Cantos.
> I've just recently re-read them, and was suprised to find how much I
> disagreed with Donald Davie who writes of the section, in "Poet as
> Sculptor," "some of it is wretchedly written." I've always thought of
> Davie as one of the fairest critics of Pound, but it seems to me that
> his dismissal of The Coke Cantos has contributed unfortunately to their
> neglect.
>         I'm new to this discussion list, so I'm not sure if you'd prefer
to
> e-mail the whole group, or just me directly. I'd welcome any thoughts or
> opiniions whatesoever on The Coke Catos, Cantos 107-9 that is.
>
>                                                 Best,
>                                                 Peter Campion