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Re: Cavalcanti
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Timothy P Redman <[log in to unmask]>
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Ezra Pound discussion list of the University of Maine <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 2 Dec 1998 08:27:23 -0600
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I'm not sure that Jonathan Gill is correct when he says "Pound was
not a linguist."  His Latin was excellent; he possessed near-native
fluency in Italian and close to that in French and Spanish; his
Chinese became rather good by the '50s and his Greek and German were
adequate.
 
Tim Redman
School of Arts and Humanities, JO 31
University of Texas at Dallas
P.O. Box 830688
Richardson, TX  75083-0688
 
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