Uh, I am hesitant to follow this up, but I think that it should perhaps be pointed out. I have this from an anecdotal (unpublished) source that I would trust a thousand times more on any point in which it differed from the source who claimed that EP said it. Pound never actually said that bit about the "stupid suburban prejudice". As far as I am concerned the source of that famous quote is...not trustworthy. I am trying to be delicate. In a nutshell: I was told that EP didn't say those words, and I believe it. Others were present that day of the documented visit, and let us not forget which of those that were present is the source of the story. [Doesn't "suburban" sound more like _his_ vocabulary in that context than a word EP would have chosen?] I think that this quote was adopted by the Poundians more because many of them[/us?] needed the excuse it provided than that it is believable beyond question. This point is tricky. I have it from an anecdotal source, at second hand at that, but I am satisfied; I will never believe the story. I don't wish to offend anyone here who may have known the person who gave us the quote; my opinion is much stronger and more outraged than I express here--unfortunately, I am nobody, and my source is, very very sadly, deceased. > ---------- > From: Jonathan Morse > Reply To: Ezra Pound discussion list of the University of Maine > Sent: Friday, November 26, 1999 9:54 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Getting things all mixed up > ... > These days, actually, one hears echoes of Pat Buchanan. What was Pound's > nice word for the state of mind? Ah yes: "suburban." > ... > Jonathan Morse >