Dan,
Let's wait until I finish the biography before we discuss
what I'm doing -- I won't entirely know myself until I finish.
Tim
On Tue, 27 Oct 1998 18:02:46 -0500 Daniel Pearlman
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Tim,
>
> In an earlier posting you seemed to indicate that you were
> confining your study of the effects of this disorder to the
> life, rather than using your psychological conclusions to
> try to cast light on the work. I wonder if it is logically
> possible to walk this fine line. If, for example, someone
> were to prove pretty conclusively that Pound was clinically
> insane from, let's say, 1935 to 1945, wouldn't that necessitate
> a re-reading of all he wrote during that period?
>
> Thanks,
>
> ==Dan P
>
> At 01:28 PM 10/27/98 -0600, you wrote:
> >I see clear indications of it starting in the '30s, and some signs as
> >early as the 'teens, though that is more difficult to document.
> >
> > Tim
> >
> >On Mon, 26 Oct 1998 11:42:47 -0500 Daniel Pearlman
> ><[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> >> Tim,
> >>
> >> Are you referring to a disorder that shaped Pound's behavior
> >> all through his life or only for a certain period?
> >>
> >> ==Dan P
> >>
> >> At 10:11 AM 10/26/98 -0600, you wrote:
> >> >It shaped his behavior.
> >> >
> >> >On Mon, 26 Oct 1998 10:42:52 -0500 Tim Romano <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Tim Redman,
> >> >>
> >> >> Let's assume, arguendo, that the diagnosis of 'bipolar disorder'
> >> >> is on the money. Is it your contention that the mental aberration
> >> >> shaped Pound's art? His behavior? If the former, are there other
> >> >> artists from whose texts one can reach similar diagnoses? And is
> >> >> their art in any way like Pound's? I'm wondering where you have
> >> >> taken or intend to take the diagnosis. I'm curious also if you
> >> >> pass Pound's use of multiple "voices" through this filter.
> >> >>
> >> >> Tim Romano
> >> >
> >> >Tim Redman
> >> >School of Arts and Humanities, JO 31
> >> >University of Texas at Dallas
> >> >P.O. Box 830688
> >> >Richardson, TX 75083-0688
> >> >
> >> >(972) 883-2775 (o)
> >> >(972) 883-2989 (fax)
> >> >
> >> Dan Pearlman Office: Department of English
> >> 102 Blackstone Blvd. #5 University of Rhode Island
> >> Providence, RI 02906 Kingston, RI 02881
> >> Tel.: 401 453-3027 Tel.: 401 874-4659
> >> email: [log in to unmask] Fax: 401 874-2580
> >
> >Tim Redman
> >School of Arts and Humanities, JO 31
> >University of Texas at Dallas
> >P.O. Box 830688
> >Richardson, TX 75083-0688
> >
> >(972) 883-2775 (o)
> >(972) 883-2989 (fax)
> >
> Dan Pearlman Office: Department of English
> 102 Blackstone Blvd. #5 University of Rhode Island
> Providence, RI 02906 Kingston, RI 02881
> Tel.: 401 453-3027 Tel.: 401 874-4659
> email: [log in to unmask] Fax: 401 874-2580
Tim Redman
School of Arts and Humanities, JO 31
University of Texas at Dallas
P.O. Box 830688
Richardson, TX 75083-0688
(972) 883-2775 (o)
(972) 883-2989 (fax)
|
