EPOUND-L Archives

- Ezra Pound discussion list of the University of Maine

EPOUND-L@LISTS.MAINE.EDU
Options: Use Forum View

Use Proportional Font
Show Text Part by Default
Show All Mail Headers

Message: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Topic: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Author: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]

Print Reply
Subject:
"the filthy sturdy unkillable infants of the very poor"
From:
Tim Romano <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:
- Ezra Pound discussion list of the University of Maine <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Sat, 17 Jul 2004 10:18:14 -0400
Content-Type:
text/plain
Parts/Attachments:
text/plain (8 lines) 
Since we're talking about Blake and Pound...

Whence cometh this notion that poverty breeds robustness? Is it that those
children who survive the malnourishment, disease, and hardships attending
great poverty must be especially sturdy to have survived?

Tim Romano

ATOM RSS1 RSS2