William Stoneking wrote:
> 
> I agree with Bill Wagner on this and would like to see (and hear)
> some debate on this issue. It has always been one of the major
> stumbling blocks for me... Pound's politics vs Pound's poetics and
> sense of the beautiful. I realise there are some Jewish writers who
> knew him (Louis Zukowsky, for example) who never felt that he
> came across - in their presence - as anti-Semitic. Still, it is a
> strange occupation for a man who seemed to care so much
> about the exactness of language, and who had no qualms about
> lumping all Jews in with the Rothschilds, etc.  It is not an in-
> consistency that should EVER be ignored!
> 
> Re: the castle... yes, he did live there with his daughter and
> with Olga during his final years. That was where he went
> when he came "home" after his release from the bug-house
> (or so I remember).
> 
> Stoneking
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Bill Wagner <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, September 04, 1999 2:48 PM
> Subject: Re: Pound's castle
> 
> > I thought EP lived at the castle with his daughter, but I can't confirm
> > that, or the dates, or even what rewards might have been offered Pound
> > for his services to the Axis.  And I don't mean that to be snide or
> > sarcastic.  There was a war on, and people were dying in unprecedented
> > numbers, and EP was being broadcast on radio controlled by the Italian
> > government.  In an earlier posting it was suggested that EP was
> > excercising his rights udner the US Constitution, which seems to me an
> > indefensible premise. When you go over to the other side during a war,
> > you would seem to forfeit some constitutional protections.
> >
> > Pound was giving voice to some of the arguments used by Hitler and other
> > anti-Semites to justify the extermination of millions of people. He
> > condemned the US war effort repeatedly. His conduct would heave almost
> > certainly been judged treason -- and he face possible execution -- had
> > he not been judged insane and committed to St. Elizabeth's.
> >
> > It could be argued that his radio broadcasts did not sway anyone or in
> > any way bolster the Axis efforts.  That might mitigate his crime, but
> > not excuse it entirely.  He was a great poet... not a great patriot.
> >
> > Bill Wagner
> >
> >
> >
> > Jane Morrison wrote:
> > >
> > > Dear Bill,
> > >         I didn't understand your reference to Pound's castle as a reward
> > > for support of fascism. Was Brunnenberg given to him by Mussolini or
> > > something like that? I always thought it belonged to his son-in-law.
> > >         It's good to have a fellow hack to counter the impossible
> > > professors.
> > >
> > > Cheers.
> > > Paul Montgomery
> > > Lausanne, Switzerland
> >
William and Bill. Actually, Louis Zukofsky did experience Pound's
anti-semiticism in their exchanges but Zukofsky had some issues with his
own Jewishness and for a variety of reasons, some suspect, did not break
off his relations with Pound. 
Bill asks about Pound and the dates he lived at the castle. I didn't
think much of See's article, but I think she covered that.- Carlo
Parcelli 
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