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>>From: Patricia Cockram <[log in to unmask]>
>>Subject: Re: Kosovo
>>
>>I think it is important to recognize that Pound made a distinction
>between
>>the bravery of those fighting to protect the fatherland and those
>espousing
>>war.  He believed - mistakenly - that Italy was not an aggressor in
>the war.
>>He admired the heroism of those who fought, not the war itself.
>>
>>I point this out not to defend his position but because I think his
>praise
>>of Marinetti's war career, if one takes into account Pound's belief
>that
>>Italy had no choice but to protect herself (illogical, especially
>since he
>>alludes to her aggression in North Africa), is not inconsistent with
>his
>>oposition to the war.  He still has Marinetti accuse himself of the
>"error"
>>of loving war in the same canto.
>>
>>It is in canto 73 that I find his approval of the violence, however
>>justified it might seem under the conditions, incosistent with his
>pacifism.
>>
>>Best regards,
>>Patricia
>>
>>At 11:19 AM 3/28/99 -0600, Robert Kibler wrote:
>>>And yet Pound often seems to support brutal force and agression. On
>the
>>high end, in Canto 72, for example, he will sing of the "eternal
>war/between
>>light and mud." But on the lower, he will accept the need for armed
>>struggle, and take for himself the position of the scop, singing the
>deeds
>>of the Fascist warrior, who, dead, longs to return to warfare rather
>than
>>ascend to paradise. As  scop, Pound suggests that the Fascist warrior
>can do
>>both.  He can return to battle by assuming the body of "some young
>chap,
>>flaccid and half-wit"  i.e., a body to use for war because it is not
>being
>>put to any other good use, and then, rather than die old in bed, die
>as a
>>warrior, having the glory of ascending to paradise to the sound of
>trumpets.
>>The canto ends with the sense that the will to war, to armed struggle,
>is
>>strong enough to both survive and inhabit many generations, and with a
>>prophesy for the future of the failing Fascist effort:
>>>                 The regiments and the bannets will return.
>>>
>>>just one example.
>>
>>
>>
 
 
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