Don't know the article you have in mind but the
woman's name is Cunizza. Look undder "Romano" in the
<Annotated Index to the Cantos> for all the Cantos
references.
 
I do know an article by Pound that addresses directly
what is probably the underlying question of his view
of or relation to the accomplished women he knew. It's
called "E'crevisse?", Gallup C929 and discusses his
female colleagues who won "public respect."
 
Wayne
 
--- Robert Kibler <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> Does anyone recall the article which suggests that
> Pound moves towards an appreciation of the vagrant
> female--the wandering female, not tied to
> traditions, place, circumstance--an example of which
> is the woman (sorry, I forget her name this morning)
> who appears both in the Cantos and who ran off with
> a knight or troubador in the middle ages--Pound
> prizes her for freeing her slaves before dying.
> Dante probably met her in her old age at Can
> Grande's house?  For some reason, I think Eva Hesse
> may have written this article, but perhaps I should
> let my vague question stand before I make it a
> downright murky one.
>
 
 
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