Anthony, yes, had I considered more carefully what I was writing, I would have written "so called Business English" -----Original Message----- From: Anthony Metivier <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2001 18:43:56 -0500 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Fw: > To follow the least of strands, > > what constitutes 'business English?' Surely there is no better gimmick than > the finely wrought metaphor, and as far as I know, the typical business > pitch is loaded with metaphors, as is advertising. How does one learn the > powers and limits of language without studying poetry? > > I've been looking at Canto XLV for a presentation I'm giving in a few > months. One could almost replace each instance of 'with usura' with > 'without poetry,' and have an equally stunning, albeit gloomy effect. > > 'It rusteth the craft and the craftsman > It gnaweth the thread in the loom > None learneth to weave gold in her pattern' > > Canto XLV > > -----Original Message----- > From: - Ezra Pound discussion list of the University of Maine > [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Grace Davis > Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 10:26 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Fw: > > > Hail to ya, Stepen. All of my students are only interested in > money/business/computers as well. Keep up the good work of trying to open > their minds. > -Grace Davis > > Stephen Tyler wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: "Stephen Tyler" <[log in to unmask]> > > Sent: Thu, 08 Nov 2001 11:55:57 +0200 > > To: [log in to unmask] > > Subject: > > Hope you don't mind me reusing this message to the HD group as means of > introduction. > > Hello all! I'm new to this list, and not being a seasoned user of IT, I > hope I've done what's necessary to join the group.(I think I have, but I've > received some contradictory status messages, and haven't yet received any > messages from the group: hence my doubt.) > > I live in Warsaw, Poland, where I teach English. Born in Sydney, > Australia, I've lived for 20 years in London, mainly, but with several > stints teaching here in Warsaw. > > My love of HD was born of my studies of EP during my 20s.(I'm mid 40s, if > you were wondering, and, yes, I know I should have taken a course in IT by > now.) Though I greatly admire Pound, it is mainly as a teacher and > influence, not so much as a poet: I concluded, after many years studying > modernist poetry, that HD was more truly a poet than Pound, even than Eliot. > This is something I hope to discuss with the group. > > I have scant opportunity here to teach HD: most of my students have > deadened their sensibilities with business studies, and my attempts to > revive them have only jeopardised my job prospects. Business English is > what's in demand here: I've never lived in a country where Humanities/Arts > is considered so unimportant, and where so many sensitive looking young > people bury themselves in such studies as Marketing, Management etc. But I > hope I've been able to offer an alternative vision to at least a few of > them, and have found HD's poetry the best means for this. > > Next week I'm going to Venice and Florence for a week. (I hope to pour a > libation at EP's grave in Venice.) > > Well, that's me introduced! I promise to keep more closely to the list > topic in future. > > Hope to hear from the group soon. > > > > -- > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Sign-up for your own FREE Personalized E-mail at Mail.com > > http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup > > > > 1 cent a minute calls anywhere in the U.S.! > > > > http://www.net2phone.com/cgi-bin/link.cgi?170 > > > > -- > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Sign-up for your own FREE Personalized E-mail at Mail.com > > http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup > > > > 1 cent a minute calls anywhere in the U.S.! > > > > http://www.net2phone.com/cgi-bin/link.cgi?170 > -- _______________________________________________ Sign-up for your own FREE Personalized E-mail at Mail.com http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup 1 cent a minute calls anywhere in the U.S.! http://www.net2phone.com/cgi-bin/link.cgi?170