Cindy,
I think your teacher is expecting too much of you if he/she
is aware of how limited your library resources are. And
you can tell your teach I said so!
==Dan P
At 11:30 AM 11/12/99 -0800, you wrote:
>Thank you for your response! This is very useful information and I greatly
>appreciate it!
>
>----------
>> From: Daniel Pearlman <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: Pound/Whitman "A Pact"
>> Date: Friday, November 12, 1999 10:15 AM
>>
>> Cindy,
>>
>> I don't think the Web is going to help you focus on an analysis of
>> "Pact" (which, by the way, in an earlier version Pound titled "Truce,"
>> so that the later version implies EP's acceptance of Whitman more as
>> a colleague than an enemy).
>>
>> Haven't looked at "Pact" for a long while, but--
>>
>> Some basic background: Early on, EP did not like Whitman, whom he
>> regarded as crude in both technique and subject matter; but later he
>> saw himself, as an American epic poet, engaged in the same project
>> as Whitman's, for whom he must now have greater sympathy. So he
>> now sees that he must incorporate and go beyond, not simply despise
>> and ignore, his (by then world-famous) predecessor. Whitman, in his
>> crude earlier way, chopped down the trees, but Pound will do the
>> fine "carving" based on his greater technical sophistication,
>> broader cultural experience, etc.
>>
>> You seem to be in need of this basic background. If I'm wrong, I
>> apologize. Good luck.
>>
>> ==Dan Pearlman
>>
>> At 08:52 AM 11/12/99 -0800, you wrote:
>> >I am actually looking for directions on where to look for the answers,
>not
>> >asking anyone to do the homework for me. I don't have alot of resources
>in
>> >my area. I thought that if you are a scholar of Pound you could point
>me
>> >to a website where I can find the information and use it to do my
>homework.
>> > Sorry if you were bothered by this!
>> >
>> >----------
>> >> From: Jonathan Morse <[log in to unmask]>
>> >> To: [log in to unmask]
>> >> Subject: Re: Pound/Whitman "A Pact"
>> >> Date: Friday, November 12, 1999 12:29 AM
>> >>
>> >> Not to be cruel if the assignment is due tomorrow, Cindy, but what are
>> >YOUR
>> >> ideas? If you don't have anything to say except "Do my homework for
>me,"
>> >> the experts you're asking will just reply "No." After all, what's in
>it
>> >for
>> >> them? But if you put something forward, other people can engage
>> >themselves
>> >> in a conversation and things will be learned on both sides.
>> >>
>> >> Jonathan Morse
>> >
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