The fact that many readers missed the parallels of Propertius obviously irritated Pound and he said more than once that Mauberley was a re-working of the former actually set in 20th Century Britain for those who couldn't get the point of Propertius. >3. (A non Cantos question!) What do we think of the *tone* of Pound's >Propertius. I think everyone agrees by now on the importance of this >winning poem, but Robert Lowell for instance said that while he loved >POund's poem, he hears Pr.'s voice as a graver, proto-Christian >sufferer. Is the parallel between early 20th century Britain and >decadence Rome as forced as Davie thinks the one between 17th c. England >and 18th century America is?.... PS while I'm here, does anyone know any details of the next EP conference? Jason Monios ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com