In1927 when he was particularly distressed by the turn Pound’s activities had taken, Lewis remarked that the images in CantosVIII-XIXmake “it all effectively like a spirited salon-picture, gold framed and romantically ‘classical.’" That WAS an insult. The Malatesta Cantos at least, are an application of Cubism and Vorticism in literature. But then WL was hell-bent on insulting EP at that time. He hit exactly where it hurt most, probably as payback. He felt that EP had pulled Blast from under him. Quoting Peter Montgomery <[log in to unmask]> on Mon, 2 Jun 2014 20:11:44 +0000: > And then there is Fred Flahiff's admirable biography of Sheila > Watson, NeWest Press 2005, ALWAYS SOMEONE TO KILL THE DOVES. > Peter M. > > Michael Edmunds <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > Anyone interested in Watson can download here thesis here > > http://stmikes.utoronto.ca/kelly/special-collections/pdf/SWDissertationTiessen191009.pdf > > It should be noted that Donald Theall, McLuhan's first PhD student, > wrote his thesis on Pound, Eliot, Yeats and Joyce. He refused to > include Lewis for a few reason. > Sheila Watson then completed the "1914" project under McLuhan with > her thesis. > > Through out Watson writes of Pound in the Lewis world. > > Sheila Watson > Wyndham Lewis and Expressionism > > "Writing about Lewis the visionary in 1932 Hugh Gordon Porteus says that in > The Enemy of the Stars Lewis“translates what he sees into terms of > painting, and translates > the results into words which embody, in embryo, the same gesture.” 70 > For Lewis, as for Pound, he suggests, “the primary > pigment of poetry is the image.” The truth of this statement > depends entirely on the definition of “image.” > > "Retrospectively Lewis dissociated himself, as he did > perhaps less consciously at the time when Pound was involved > in the production of Blast, from the activities of the Imagists, > whom, he said, he looked on as “pompier,” or academic.71 > In1927 when he was particularly distressed by the turn Pound’s > activities had taken, Lewis remarked that the images in > CantosVIII-XIXmake “it all effectively like a spirited salon-picture, > gold framed and romantically ‘classical.’" > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________________ > From: - Ezra Pound discussion list of the University of Maine > [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Peter Montgomery > [[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Monday, June 02, 2014 2:33 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Plays about Ezra Pound > > Sheila Watson's writing maybe of value to this list as an adjunct. > Her thesis on Lewis is definitive. It, like all her work was very > assiduously done. I believe she defined her life's work in terms of > her students. > Peter M. > > Roxana Preda <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > I'll be at that conference - will come to listen! > best, > Roxana > > Quoting Bob Dobbs <[log in to unmask]> on Mon, 2 Jun 2014 07:23:21 -1000: > >> The title of my talk at the BLAST 1914 Conference at Bath Spa >> University at the end of July will be: >> >> "Mind Your Media, People, or You'll Catch a Cold Environment: Sheila >> Watson as Missing Link in Lewis Scholarship" >> >> So, your life's work will be well-represented, Peter. >> >> :@) >> >> >> Bob Dobbs >> >> >> On Jun 2, 2014, at 12:01 AM, Peter Montgomery wrote: >> >>> One of Marshall McLuhan's (who had his own history with Pound) >>> students, a person named Sheila Watson, did her PhD on Percy >>> Wyndham Lewis of Vorticist and portraiture fame, also WWI artist >>> for the Canadian govt. She wrote one of the definitive Canadian >>> novels, The Double Hook, which has the influence of Pound, Eliot >>> and Lewis about it, while being entirely original. I think it might >>> well be worthy of consideration for a place in such a list. A >>> quotable phrase from it is something like: He didn't know that one >>> couldn't catch the glory without the darkness, and to catch twice >>> the glory was to catch twice the darkness (almost an accurate quote). >>> >>> Just saying. >>> Peter M. >>> >>> Roxana Preda <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >>> >>> >>> Hi Stephen, >>> >>> I have now supplemented the plays list with the info and links about >>> Findley you gave us. >>> >>> Our website is that easy to update, even from the front end. >>> >>> Many thanks for this. >>> We also have a first item for a future list about fiction on EP! >>> >>> Michael Coyle has also informed me of the existence of a bibliography >>> of poems about Ezra that Lea Baechler was compiling. Anyone might know >>> where her papers are? At least we would know where to look. >>> >>> Best wishes, >>> Roxana >>> >>> Quoting Stephen J Adams <[log in to unmask]> on Sun, 1 Jun 2014 23:56:15 -0400: >>> >>>> Poundians: >>>> >>>> The Bibliography should note that Timothy Findley's play The Trials >>>> of Ezra Pound has had at least one major professional production at >>>> the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in 2001. I saw it then and was >>>> impressed, though with reservations. The play struck me as fairly >>>> even handed, probing, questioning rather than tendentious or >>>> hostile. Biographically it struck me as reasonably correct, though >>>> it represents EP erroneously as anti-religious. >>>> >>>> Findley, who is highly regarded among recent Canadian novelists, >>>> also wrote Famous Last Words, about a character named Mauberley >>>> surviving in Italy during the last months of the War. I have taught >>>> that book, as well as his Not Wanted on the Voyage, a retelling of >>>> the Noah and the Flood story. (Findley's hostilities towards Jehovah >>>> are more overt than they are towards Pound.) His writing is >>>> engaging, highly readable, probing in its way, popular with the >>>> students, but ultimately, as I found in teaching, not as deep as it >>>> might have been. >>>> >>>> For the play, there are a number of websites, but check these: >>>> >>>> http://www.stage-door.com/Theatre/2001/Entries/2001/7/22_The_Trials_of_Ezra_Pound.html >>>> >>>> http://journals.hil.unb.ca/index.php/tric/article/view/7274/8333 >>>> >>>> Stephen Adams >>>> >>>> >>>> On 06/01/14, Roxana Preda <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >>>>> Dear Poundians, >>>>> >>>>> In a previous discussion some time ago, people showed interest in >>>>> creative writing about Pound and deplored the fact that plays about >>>>> him and his life were not more widely known. >>>>> >>>>> Here was our chance to put our new website to the test. Archie >>>>> Henderson compiled a very useful bibliography of plays about Pound >>>>> that I have just uploaded to our website. Please have a look at >>>>> http://ezrapoundsociety.org/index.php/creativewriting >>>>> >>>>> What is good about the list is that it gives us statuses of the >>>>> plays (whether in manuscript or published; whether performed or >>>>> not). It gives synopses and in a considerable number of cases, the >>>>> full text of the plays. >>>>> We are now able to see just what sides of Pound's life fired the >>>>> writers' imagination: how they saw him, what words they put into >>>>> his mouth. >>>>> >>>>> I have checked all the links at my end and hope all of them work >>>>> for you too. >>>>> What was scattered and seemed lost is now at our fingertips. >>>>> >>>>> A warm vote of thanks to Archie! >>>>> >>>>> Enjoy, >>>>> Roxana >>>>> >>>>> PS Maybe we could also have a list of poems, maybe? Or fiction, >>>>> who knows? >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in >>>>> Scotland, with registration number SC005336. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> -- >>>> Stephen J. Adams >>>> Department of English >>>> University of Western Ontario >>>> "Nothing that is worth doing can be achieved in our lifetime; >>>> therefore we must be saved by hope. Nothing which is true or >>>> beautiful or good makes complete sense in any immediate context of >>>> history; therefore we must be saved by faith. Nothing we do, however >>>> virtuous, can be accomplished alone; therefore we must be saved by >>>> love." >>>> – Reinhold Niebuhr >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in >>> Scotland, with registration number SC005336. >> >> > > > > -- > The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in > Scotland, with registration number SC005336. > > -- The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336.