In regards to EP's anti-communism, when did his
relationship (poetic and personal) with Oppen falter?
Was it the facsism vs communism conflict that divided
their work? I think I remember reading a number of
Cummings' poems that are very anti-semetic. Could
those poems have been published in EIMI, written after
his visit to Stalininst Russia?
--- Tim Romano <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I haven't been able to get my hands on a copy of
> EIMI by e.e. cummings...
> though my attempts to find it have been casual at
> best. Pound has very high
> praise for this work, mentioning it several times in
> the wartime broadcasts.
> Would anyone who has read the book care to say a few
> words about it, in the
> context of Pound's anti-communism?
> Tim Romano
>
> >
> > 4.  That Pound's desire to see Fascism victorious
> over Communism and
> > Capitalist "democracy" --in the West and the East
> ---   is one central
> facet
> > of his work.
> >


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