"In meiner Heimat
where the dead walked
and the living were made of cardboard."
Canto CXV
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>From: Tim Redman <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Yet another possibility, or "An American in Paris"
>Date: Sat, Mar 1, 2003, 4:35 PM
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> The upcoming Pound conference will treat that theme: The American Identity
> of EP. I suggest also Alec Marsh's recent book, whose title escapes me now,
> Money and Modernity or something, which traces the opposing Jeffersonian and
> Hamiltonian strains in American thought and how they work themselves out in
> Pound and Williams. Also, of course, Flory.
>
> My own book is that Pound remained fundamentally, completely American in
> character, identity, and outlook. Who else but an American would write an
> epic about money? :)
>
> Cheers,
>
> Tim Redman
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: - Ezra Pound discussion list of the University of Maine
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Jennifer Wilson
> Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2003 2:45 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Yet another possibility, or "An American in Paris"
>
>
> I'm delighted with this topic of discussion, as I'm now investigating in
> what
> ways Pound could be defined as "American." I welcome comments from members
> of the List.
>
> Jennifer Wilson
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