Oh, just having a bit of deconstructionist fun, pardon moi. You're probably
right about the dedication. I haven't seen too many mock dedications.


>From: Tom White <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: - Ezra Pound discussion list of the University of Maine
>    <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Pound the poet
>Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 12:36:51 -0600
>
>Brennen:
>All a little too deep for me. These guys were FRIENDS. Tom
>
> > Tom,
> >
> > I'll grant you that there isn't too much value in ranking poets, but I
>do
> > think it is worthwhile to consider how two contemporaries made use of
>the
> > poetics of their day. To pit Eliot against Pound was not the central
>purpose
> > of my note. In my own defense, however, isn't it possible that Eliot, a
> > careful writer, yes, but also a clever wit, penned his dedication to the
> > _Waste Land_ with an implicit wink? Eliot did not write "the better
>poet."
> > He wrote, "the better maker/craftsman." I see a potential (though
>definitely
> > not certain) negative meaning in the phrase. Overemphasis of craft is a
> > common criticism of certain poets and Eliot may have felt this way about
> > Pound. For example, Wallace Stevens comes to mind as someone who has
>been
> > assailed as being all craft and little content. I don't agree with that
> > assesment, but it is a fairly common view.
> >
> > Brennen


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