Cindy,
I don't think the Web is going to help you focus on an analysis of
"Pact" (which, by the way, in an earlier version Pound titled "Truce,"
so that the later version implies EP's acceptance of Whitman more as
a colleague than an enemy).
Haven't looked at "Pact" for a long while, but--
Some basic background: Early on, EP did not like Whitman, whom he
regarded as crude in both technique and subject matter; but later he
saw himself, as an American epic poet, engaged in the same project
as Whitman's, for whom he must now have greater sympathy. So he
now sees that he must incorporate and go beyond, not simply despise
and ignore, his (by then world-famous) predecessor. Whitman, in his
crude earlier way, chopped down the trees, but Pound will do the
fine "carving" based on his greater technical sophistication,
broader cultural experience, etc.
You seem to be in need of this basic background. If I'm wrong, I
apologize. Good luck.
==Dan Pearlman
At 08:52 AM 11/12/99 -0800, you wrote:
>I am actually looking for directions on where to look for the answers, not
>asking anyone to do the homework for me. I don't have alot of resources in
>my area. I thought that if you are a scholar of Pound you could point me
>to a website where I can find the information and use it to do my homework.
> Sorry if you were bothered by this!
>
>----------
>> From: Jonathan Morse <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: Pound/Whitman "A Pact"
>> Date: Friday, November 12, 1999 12:29 AM
>>
>> Not to be cruel if the assignment is due tomorrow, Cindy, but what are
>YOUR
>> ideas? If you don't have anything to say except "Do my homework for me,"
>> the experts you're asking will just reply "No." After all, what's in it
>for
>> them? But if you put something forward, other people can engage
>themselves
>> in a conversation and things will be learned on both sides.
>>
>> Jonathan Morse
>
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