Hi, Jacob--

I'm enjoying this whole discussion myself.  Only the language
of a great poet will permit of such multiple perspectives.
As to the military, I already did my army stint and can still see
the imagery Pound sometimes alludes to and was daily surrounded by.

==Dan


At 05:23 PM 8/24/00 -0700, you wrote:
>Dan:
>        I fully agree that some interpretations are better than others
>--and I am enjoying your military preoccupation. Thinking of joining up?
>And a word to Louis:
>        Your insight about scaling things to artistry is
>wonderful. Wouldn't it be great if Pound were saying, the poet should
>forget politics and stick to "artistry"? However, I have to admit I don't
>follow your point about the attack on "humanity"or is it
>"humanism"? Surelythe libretto is offered as an example of true
>"artistry?"
>                        Jacob
>
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