Dan: You wrote: "In other words, the thesis statement you give below sounds too general, or like rediscovery of the wheel. Perhaps you can refine it" . . . . tell me about it, I've got at least six books on the table on the topic of organization of _Cantos_; the theme seems quite done already. At present it doesn't seem like there is a "new" angle at all. But on the plus side, I've got about 10 months to complete the thing (and its an undergrad project -- meaning they're taking it easy). What interests me about organization is the controversy; T. S. Eliot said: "That never worries me, and I do not believe that I care. I know that Pound has a scheme and a kind of philosophy behind it; it is quite enough for me that he thinks he knows what he is doing." Plenty of other critics become fully irate at the notion of finding order to _Cantos_. Even in responding to my little blip there seems to be a variety of degrees of opinion as to how much intentional structure there was / is in it. I don't think that I plan to find a structure which has never been seen, but I would like to accurately explore what IS there. Over the months, I may develop a "new" angle, but now I've got to produce a draft of a prospectus. Several critics have objectified "Odysseus in Hades" (I - XXX) as a thematic and structural introduction for all of the following Cantos wherein (I'm gleening from different sources) the concept of the "subject rhyme" is introduced. how's ". . . mimicking the seeming spontaneity" of real-world events sound, instead of transpiration? what's wrong with "transpiration"? Anyway, thanks to all respondents. I'll be back. Dave Centrone At 06:54 PM 6/3/98 +0900, you wrote: > >Received: from lists.village.Virginia.EDU (lists.village.Virginia.EDU [128.143.200.198]) by clsun.cl.aoyama.ac.jp (8.8.2+2.6Wbeta9/3.5Wclsun0701) with ESMTP id OAA04837 for <[log in to unmask]>; Wed, 3 Jun 1998 14:37:39 +0900 (JST) >Received: (from domo@localhost) by lists.village.Virginia.EDU (8.8.5/8.6.6) id AAA28563 for foucault-outgoing; Wed, 3 Jun 1998 00:17:21 -0400 >Received: from mail1.doit.wisc.edu (mail1.doit.wisc.edu [144.92.9.40]) by lists.village.Virginia.EDU (8.8.5/8.6.6) with ESMTP id AAA41614 for <[log in to unmask]>; Wed, 3 Jun 1998 00:17:16 -0400 >Received: from [144.92.183.38] by mail1.doit.wisc.edu > id XAA42158 (8.8.6/50); Tue, 2 Jun 1998 23:17:14 -0500 >X-Authentication-Warning: lists.village.Virginia.EDU: domo set sender to owner-foucault@localhost using -f >From: [log in to unmask] >Message-Id: <[log in to unmask]> >X-Sender: [log in to unmask] >X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.2 (32) >Date: Tue, 02 Jun 1998 23:12:58 -0500 >To: [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask] >Mime-Version: 1.0 >Sender: [log in to unmask] >Precedence: bulk >Reply-To: [log in to unmask] >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >>Date: Tue, 02 Jun 1998 23:06:15 -0500 >>To: [log in to unmask](robert brown) >>From: [log in to unmask] >> >>If you receive an email titled "WIN A HOLIDAY" DO NOT open it. >>> It will erase everything on your hard drive. Forward this letter >>> out to as many people as you can. This is a new, very malicious >>> virus and not many people know about it. This information was >>> announced yesterday morning from Microsoft; please share it with >>> everyone that might access the internet. >>> >>> Once again, pass this along to everyone in your address book so >>> that this may be stopped. >>> >> >> > >