The fact that many readers missed the parallels of Propertius obviously
irritated Pound and he said more than once that Mauberley was a re-working
of the former actually set in 20th Century Britain for those who couldn't
get the point of Propertius.
 
 
>3. (A non Cantos question!) What do we think of the *tone* of Pound's
>Propertius. I think everyone agrees by now on the importance of this
>winning poem, but Robert Lowell for instance said that while he loved
>POund's poem, he hears Pr.'s voice as a graver, proto-Christian
>sufferer. Is the parallel between early 20th century Britain and
>decadence Rome as forced as Davie thinks the one between 17th c. England
>and 18th century America is?....
 
PS while I'm here, does anyone know any details of the next EP conference?
 
Jason Monios
 
 
 
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