James, I don’t think this is a dead end. But I think Eisenstein got there by himself; his ideas are similar to those of Pound, but applied to the narrative structure of the early cinema, which is, at least in the case of Eisenstein, a hierarchic space. Derrida knows Pound’s and Eisenstein’s ideas for sure. There is a very good book on the matter you’re studying, BUT it is written in Portughese (or Portagoose, as Pound liked it). The Brazilian Poet Haroldo de Campos organized a set of essays that range from Fenollosa’s findings to the discussion of Aristotelian language structure. The book is called Ideograma: Lógica, Poesia, Linguagem (Ideogram: Logic, Poetry, Language). Maybe you can find some of the essays. The ones by Chang Tung-Sun “A Chinese Philosopher’s Theory of Knowledge” (published in ETC, San Francisco, vol. IX, n.3), by Yu-Kuang Chu “Interplay Between Language and Thought in Chinese”,(published in ETC, San Francisco, vol. XXII, n.3) and by S. I. Hayakawa “What is Meant by Aristotelian Structure of Language?”, from a volume called Language, Meaning and Maturity, New York, Harper& Bros., 1954. All of them very interesting, I suppose. Pound, as a poet, could steal anything he wanted; I really think that all the Chinese he knew only brought new strenght to what he learned from people like Jean Cocteau (I mean, cubist technique of composing time and space). Good Luck, James. PS: Maybe you would like to add Mr.Burroughs’ cut-ups to yr list of Chinese influenced pals. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - your guide to health and wellness http://health.yahoo.com