While we're on this crank-of-the-month thread: does anyone have any info on
Pound's relationship to American neo-fascist groups while he was in St
Elizabeth's? That is, how actively was he involved with American fascist
groups? I recently ran across (and bought of course) a copy of a book by
Pound called Impact, published by the infamous Regnery Press. I notice that
one of the publishing credits is for Aryan Times, or some such. Which
observation leads me to my question. The book, by the way, is a first in
great shape, and I paid $3 for it. (I would have preferred any number of
other Pound firsts, but it was a medium-good find.)
 
Best,
Joe Ahearn
Rancho Loco Press
Dallas
 
 
 
At 10:31 AM 2/2/98 -0500, you wrote:
>Ezra Pound was never in touch with Dr. Mengele.
>
>                                                Tim Redman
>
>On Thu, 29 Jan 1998 19:51:48 -0500 Jonathan Morse <[log in to unmask]>
>wrote:
>
>> At 11:23 AM 1/29/98 -0800, Bill Freind wrote:
>> >A few days ago, someone (sorry, forgot who) mentioned Michael Lind's book
>> >_Up from Conservatism_, which suggests Pound financed some of Mullins'
>> >work. I was surprised it wasn't mentioned *why* Lind talks about Mullins.
>> >
>> >Briefly, Lind is showing the sources for televangelist and erstwhile
>> >presidential candidate Pat Robertson's book _The New World Order_.
>>
>> Right, and _Up from Conservatism_ is a good book. But my concern on this
>> list was with Pound.
>> However, as long as we're talking politics, here's a quote from Mullins,
>> pp. 320-21:
>>
>> "During the 1956 elections, [Pound] called to my attention the commissar or
>> foetus type of public official that seems to have been produced by the
>> modern state. It is characterized by a round head, usually bald, a petulant
>> mouth, and the formless features of a new-born baby. In July, 1959, he
>> wrote to me,
>>
>> "'Look up Lavater, 1745-1801, "inventor of physiognomic studies," esp.
>> criminal TYPES.
>>
>> "'my impression that he set almost at lowest level the foetus type . . .'.
>>
>> "I promptly did some research, and found, to my surprise, that a number of
>> great leaders in recent years could be classified as the foetus type, or
>> those who have not been fully formed in the womb. Such people seem capable,
>> indeed fated, to cause great harm to others. These atavistic types are
>> characterized by slight development of the pilar system, low cranial
>> capacity, great frequency of Wormian bones, early closing of the cranial
>> sutures, and a lemurine appendix. The type is round-faced, with slightly
>> protruding eyes and a vacant grin."
>>
>> The pictures in _This Difficult Individual, Ezra Pound_ demonstrate that
>> Mullins' own pilar system was in fine shape; he was quite a hairy young
>> man. How he got clearance to dissect the bodies of great leaders he doesn't
>> say. But one does wonder whether Pound kept in touch with Dr. Mengele after
>> the war.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Jonathan Morse
>> Department of English
>> University of Hawaii at Manoa
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