On Thu, 6 Aug 1998, Arwin wrote:
 
> However, I am amazed (not to say shocked) that none of you have recommended
> any essay by Pound himself. This is a severe oversight, if I may say so
> myself. It is more important to first know what a poet himself thought he
> was doing.
 
This sort of thinking has not been fashionable for decades in the American
Academy. Secondary lit has become as important primary lit in English
Departments here, if not more so. Welcome to the world of fin de siecle
criticism. Such recommendations will become more and more common as
literature disappears from our depts.
 
Craig Hamilton
University of Maryland