Dear Georg,
 
I'm glad you brought news of Alex's book to our attention.
I know of no German Poundian with more knowledge, dedication,
and integrity than Alex Schmitz.  May his book sell out
faster than the ink can dry!
 
==Dan Pearlman
 
At 09:06 PM 10/21/98 +0200, you wrote:
>sorry for another aside / but I want to draw the attention of all german
>subscribers to this list to a new book about Pound, written by Alexander
>Schmitz, that happened to come out some days or weeks before / it is called
>_Ezra Pound zur Einf|hrung_, published by Junius Verlag, it has 196 pages,
costs
>24,80 marks and is worth it / As I do not know the author (perhaps some of
you
>do, as he is a member of this list), I can frankly say so / It is a quite
short
>& concise introduction in the work of E.P., very fresh, very good to read, of
>course too short for the real Poundians, but very much to be recommended
as an
>introduction for anyone who has read one or another poem or canto by EP,
got a
>first glimpse into his works and wants to know more about it / very
encouraging
>readers just to jump into the Cantos and not to be afraid of the
prejudices: not
>readable... too heavy... all that stuff...
>sorry again for advertising / but perhaps it may be of interest for one or
>another on this side of the ocean /
>Georg
>Germany
>
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