For something apart from feminist critiques, of which I am sure you will
be quickly informed, try Guy Davenport's "Persephone's Ezra" in his <The
Geography of the Imagination>. A word from the faded patriarchal pew.
 
From a different congregation, Robert Casillo, whose name has appeared
recently in our confabulations, thinks Uncle Ez shared the usual fascist
contempt for women, but I think Casillo has been blinded by his dislike
for his subject.
 
Wayne