In a discussion on the Wallace Stevens list about Auroras of Autumn and Like
Decorations in a Nigger Cemetery, someone raised a possible association
between Stevens' use of Ananke in the latter and Pound's use of it in Hugh
Selwyn Mauberley.  One thing led to another, and I now have the below
inquiry about Pound's use of the word, deal (as in cheap wooden furniture),
in a poem.  Can anyone recall in which (if any) of his poems Pound used this
word?
 
Thanks.
 
Joe Finnerty
-----Original Message-----
From: William T. Ford [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Saturday, November 06, 1999 5:18 PM
To: wallace_stevens list
Cc: Joseph M. Finnerty
Subject: An intolerable deal of Pound
 
 
Joseph M. Finnerty wrote:
 
> What's Stevens up to in this context--if you even accept this as an
accurate
> context--that would prompt him to allude to , of all people, Pound?
>
 
  The recent mention of Pound recalls (dimly):
  the line from Stevens' Ice Cream:
              Take from the dresser of deal,
  Somewhere, Pound also uses the term 'deal' to refer
to deal-wood (a cheapish veneer)--I don't know the poem
but I also don't recall ever seeing this usage (in poetry)
by anyone else (my OED on CD-ROM is at the office)---
  Joe Finnerty, tell me if you know, what poem of Pound's
has the 'deal' reference?
  (If someone tells me there is a Pound online concordance,
I'll cringe.)
  Bill Ford