Mr. Smith, I wonder, is it generally consider, (at least I got this impression from the Cantos) that Pound had a distaste for the contemplative mode of living. What I'm implying is did he dispprove of the buddhists in favor of the more politically oriented, Confusius-infused dogma. Of course he loved the poetry of both, no? Mike On Monday, March 14, 2005, at 06:11 PM, J. Mark Smith wrote: > Sorry to send this to the general list, but I've tried sending a > panel > proposal to you at this address three times today, Robert, and every > time I > get a delivery failure message. Is your server down perhaps? > > J. Mark Smith > > Quoting Robert Kibler <[log in to unmask]>: > >> Fellow Poundians, >> >> As you know, Pound was getting Chinese from all corners from about >> 1913 onwards. He had inherited the Fenollosa papers and through them, >> became acquainted with Taoist and Buddhist poets of the T'ang period, >> as >> well as with Chinese aesthetics and poetics generally. But he also >> started reading Confucius about this time, and as Mary Cheadle argues, >> Pound remained a Confucian virtually all the rest of his works and >> days, >> even if his understanding of Confucianism changed time and again. >> >> Given the enduring and profound impact of Confucianism on Pound's >> work and thought, please consider leading a 20 minute learned >> discussion >> (as opposed to exclusively reading from a paper--we need more life in >> our sessions.) on the subject at this year's MLA Convention. Send >> title, abstract, and short vita to Robert Kibler, via e-mail, no later >> than 15 March. >> >> Send to: [log in to unmask] >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> All the arts lose virtue against the essential reality of >> >> Creatures going about their business among the >> >> Equally earnest elements of nature. >> >> Robinson Jeffers, "Boats in Fog" >> >> >> >> >> >> Robert E. Kibler, Assoc. Prof. English and Humanities >> >> Director, Northern Plains Writing Project >> >> Room 229 West, Hartnett Hall >> >> Minot State University >> >> 500 University Blvd West >> >> Minot, north Dakota 58707 >> >> 701 858 3876 >> >> [log in to unmask] >> >> >> >