no, I have not seen it, but certainly would be interested. Poor that I am, I know that University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, will print a copy of any dissertation for a certain price--fairly reasonable. I paid about $50 each for two other dissertations, so unless Wand's dissertation is enormous, it should be around that price. If you can wait until September or October (I want to see about interlibrary loan, and the contents of the dissertation first) I will order a copy from Michigan--if it is reasonably priced, and can xerox, bind, and send you a copy if you pay for those actions.
 
"This world is but a single dewdrop, set 
trembling upon a stem ;  and yet . . . and yet . . ."
                                              from "The Autumn Cricket,"  
                                             17th cent. Japanese Noh play
 
Robert E. Kibler, Ph.D.
Department of Communication Arts
Valley City State University
Valley City, North Dakota
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>>> Alexander Schmitz <[log in to unmask]> 05/31 2:59 AM >>>
Fellow Pounders -
 
is there anybody out there in the EP congregation who cd offer me advice as to
how I cd get hold of David H. Hsin-Fu Wand's Ph. D. diss. of 1972, "Cathay
Revisited: The Chinese Tradition in the Poetry of EP and Gary Snyder" [USC]? I am
after this diss. for years now [and, as  we  Germans say, "like the devil after
the poor soul"], always in the hope that somebody might have seen it & cd tell me
more about it. I have to admit that I've never tried the microfiche way as I
still think that's a quite expensive one for a poor freelancer like yrs truly.
Or: Does anybody know how I cd get into contact with the author?
 
Robert? Have you seen it?
 
thanks anyway,
 
alex