This is what Said said of Mafhouz in an article on counterpunch.com

"To have taken history not only seriously but also literally is the central
achievement of Mahfouz's work and, as with Tolstoy or Solzhenitsyn, one
gets the measure of his literary personality by the sheer audacity and even
the overreaching arrogance of his scope. To articulate large swathes of
Egypt's history on behalf of that history, and to feel himself capable of
presenting its citizens for scrutiny as its representatives: this sort of
ambition is rarely seen in contemporary writers."

Sound like anyone's work we all know? Or, since the *Cantos* do not
"cohere," should we all turn our attention towards reading Sandy
McClatchy's *Ten Commandments*?

--Ak




At 12:39 PM 12/21/2001, you wrote:
>Do we need to direct personal animus against somebody on this list
>who presents a perfectly reasonable, non-insidious, but unpopular
>stance toward Pound?  Let's not sound like groupies.
>==DP
>
>At 08:28 AM 12/21/2001 -0800, you wrote:
>>Dear Mr. Davis,
>>
>>I totally understand your motivation for the contribution to the
>>list.(www.cprw.com)  It obviously worked on me.  Now that I understand the
>>slop that you "chop and change" I have some insight.
>>
>>Mr. Davis probably considers himself an "intellectual" and can not fathom
>>not being able to pick up the Cantos and read them straight through.  That
>>is the problem!!!!  The Cantos require work.  One's intellect should not
>>be challenged due to the help from a gloss.
>>
>>Well Mr. Davis I hope your "simple" websight got some hits.
>>
>>Merry Christmas,
>>Rick Catrone
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