Wei, I recommend his books to you. A careful reading will reveal nothing that demonstrates a "full commitment" to fascism. One too frequently encounters assessments of Percy Wyndham Lewis, such as the one you made, based on scant knowledge of his works, repetitions of what other critics have said which, in turn, are repetitions of what other critics have said. That is a very strange phenomenon! Lewis writes that his books were often not given reviews in the press and attributes that fact to a Bloomsbury conspiracy to suppress his opinions. The man has been black-balled. He was one of the greatest prose writers of the 20th century, a brilliant satirist, and among painters, one of the greatest portraitists. Tim Romano P.S. Here are the chapter titles from THE HITLER CULT. You may be interested in Part 2, X. 'Last of all, there is Hitler the Mystic; he has to be carefully considered. The 'German Joan of Arc,' as he has been called, who 'hears voices' and receives supernatural guidance; this 'sleep-walker' who arrives at his decisions intuitively; all that side of the picture has to be looked into rather carefully. For it is what lifts him above the average politico--suggesting a status superior to Pilsduski, Metaxas, Kemal, or Mussolini. It is his capital asset.' Tim Romano Part I I. First Sight of the Nazis II. 'No Jew--No Hitler!' [notice the quotation marks] III. Berlin, 1930 -- 'Nur Legal!' IV. The Proper Approach To National Socialism Part II I. Herr Hitler's Personal Appearance II. Hitler as a Fairy-Tale III. Kultur IV. Race V. Hitler a 'Solitary' (Comparison with Rousseau) VI. The Sleep-Walker VII. Hitler 1933-1939 VIII. A Politicians' Hero IX. Herr Hitler and 'Pig-Headed Intellectuals' X. Hitler 'The Mystic' Part III I. Manchukuo, Abyssinia, Austria, Czechoslovakia, and Spain II. Is England in a spot? III. The Dangers of a 'Grey War' IV. The Promised Land of Tom, Dick, and Harry Part IV I. Trade Follows the Flag II. Proper Action off the Coast of Spain III. Empire-Building in 1939 IV. Empire: or the Problem of the Giant State V. The 'Haves' and 'Have-Nots' VI. Grossdeutschland is so 'Gross' VII. The Empire-Builder Repudiates Hitler's Alibi VIII. Sovereign-Nationhood Conclusion > Dear Tim Romano, > > I have no difficulty in retracting my statement about Lewis. I did say that > no other American besides Pound demonstrated such strong support, amounting > to a full commitment to fascism. Another one, I said, was PERHAPS Lewis, > and I made that assessment based on the letters which Pound and Lewis > exchanged over the issue of fascism. But I have no real stake in the > argument. It seems to me that the issue of Lewis' interest in fascism is > subject to debate. But if you wish, I will retract the statement. I will > also apologize for speaking about Lewis with scant knowledge of the man, > other than what I have gathered from his relationship with Pound. >