Kristen,
Thanks for taking the time to demur on the question of Pound's specific ideas  with respect to an "American renaissance". For now, we'll have to content ourselves with Philip Burns, our night-club MC:
 
And here he is, ladies and gentlemen, that venter of spleen ... that self-acknowledged Great Man ... that citizen-in-absentia ... the eccentric patriot himself .... EZ-ra-a-a-a POUND!
 
Tim Romano
 
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> Tim, I like your questions but I am unable to answer all of them at
> this time.  Part of my answer involves the following from Philip Burns,
> editing correspondence between EP and Congressman Tinkham of
> Massachusetts:
> 
> "But Pound the lecturer and social critic, the venter of spleen and
> opinion, and even the self-acknowledged Great Man are subordinate to
> Pound the citizen-in-absentia, the eccentric patriot bent on action,
> the intellectual in the (hypothetical) caucus room."
> 
> I remember reading about Confucius wanting to personally advise his
> king, in the same way Pound wrote letters to FDR and Eleanor.  What I
> don't know is how much Pound knew about Confucius, because so much of
> what I have studied was written/translated after Pound's post-war
> translations.
> 
> The answer to your question about what institutions Pound sought to
> revitalize is in the letters of Jefferson and Adams.  I ran out of time
> in my research there and I regret to leave you only with more questions
> of my own.  I hope to research more later, thank you.
> 
> --- Tim Romano <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > Kristen,
> > Are you willing to elaborate upon what you mean by "American
> > renaissance"? What institutions of this country was Pound seeking to
> > revitalize? What qualities in its citizens? And how did his
> > understanding of Mencius fit in with this?
> >
> > Tim Romano
> >