On Tue, 30 May 2000, En Lin Wei wrote: > > Such an analysis might require the serious consideration of these > propositions: > > 1. That an understanding of China is essential to an understanding of Pound > I would say understanding of Provance is even more significant. WCW has told about E.P. "this is the best damned ear ever born to this language". I think he was right - Pound recognized tree kinds of poetry : logo, pheano and melopoeia. Simiraliry among great poetical traditions he underscored : Chinese, Provencal and Greeko-Roman. Just read E.P. essays, ABC of reading and Spirit of romance and you will find everything you want. (BTW. short info : "Spirit of Romance" by Ezra Pound - first translation into polish by Leszek Engelking right now in bookstores all around my country). > 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. Well I dont know the whole Cantos because I have to first translate a Canto for myself and for 99 % of the job I am busy with melody, with melopoetical aspect of text. Anyway Canto I, II, III, VI, IX, XIII, LIII, LXXIX and those pieces of C. VIII, XVII and other I know have nothing common (especially early Cantos) with Fascizm. In C LXXIX one can find sentence "and Petain not to be murdered 14 to 13 after six hour discussion" - clear symphaty to the french marschall, but... ...but I do not take Pound's political opinions seriously. Mr Maciej Slomczynski - congenial "Ulysses" translator and my best prof. in Cracow - who alas has died 2 years ago met with Pound in Italy in 60-tees and I remember very well that for Mr Slomczynski's question about Holocaust (that was something like "but Mr Pound above 6 million people was poisoned in gas chambers to death") E.P. answer was " Thats very, very good" - well you see hands fell down, I mean such a statement is for me absolutely uncomprehensible. Personally I like very much Pound when he writes poetry or about poetry - he is the best in that area. But in my opinion his state of mind at the end of his life wasn't healthy for sure. Pawel Karwowski Wroclaw/ Breslau P.S. For possible answers for my posts wait please until next weekend. Thank you. ----------------------- [POLBOX - REKLAMA] ------------------------- WYGRAJ odtwarzacz MP3 Daewoo Magic w KONKURSIE Magazynu WWW http://www.www-mag.com.pl/cgi-bin/konkurs0001/rm.pl?i=00-05-22dk01ko --------------------------------------------------------------------