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] > > >