I have heard off and on about Tim Redman's new bio and very much look
forward to reading it. Any news on when it will be published?
 
Thanks,
Joe Ahearn
Rancho Loco Press
Dallas
 
 
 
At 02:28 PM 6/29/98 -0400, you wrote:
>Craig,
>
>The Carpenter biography was enthusiastically reviewed by Jerry McGann
>and others, but there are many of us who still await an authoritative
>life. Many of Carpenter's opinions come second- or third-hand, and he
>shows no ability to respond to Pound's writing (particularly the poetry)
>in any vital way. By a "vital" response I don't necessarily mean
>"positive," so much as a response that shows some sensitivity to the
>differences between a poem and a newspaper editorial. We've talked about
>Carpenter on this list several times before. At this point we're all
>waiting for Tim Redman's new biography.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Michael Coyle
>Colgate University
>
>        ----------
>        From:  Craig Hamilton[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
>        Sent:  Monday, June 29, 1998 12:34 PM
>        To:  [log in to unmask]
>        Subject:  Carpenter
>
>        I've been reading around in Carpenter's 1988 biography of Pound
>for the
>        last few days but I know nothing of the critical reception of
>this
>        biography. Is it the standard biography or should I read
>something else?
>
>
>        Craig Hamilton
>        English Department
>        University of Maryland
>
>
>
 
 
 
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